Generative AI is the hot new technology behind chatbots and image generators. But how hot is it making the planet?
The more powerful the AI, the more energy it uses. So, what does the emergence of increasingly more powerful generative AI models mean for the future of our carbon footprint?
“Generative” refers to the ability of an AI algorithm to produce complex data. The alternative is “discriminative” AI, which chooses between a fixed number of options and produces just a single number.
Generative AI can create much more complex outputs, such as a sentence, a paragraph, an image, or even a short video. It has long been used in applications like smart speakers to generate audio responses, or in autocomplete to suggest a search query.
However, it only recently gained the ability to generate humanlike language and realistic photos.
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