Last night I fell asleep listening to the latest episode of the Vergecast, which covered the #GooglePixel 10 phone & how it’s « AI stuffed ».
What did I dream about?
That I was browsing AI-generated photos on my phone. They seemed pointless and absurd (like: a mini car sitting on a car seat).
Then a white overlay appeared on screen, showing the energy consumption it took to generate the photos.
I remember screaming when I read « 100 liters » (22 gallons)… and then I woke up 😐
@_elena@mastodon.social My wife a few days ago "Do you want to change your phone soon? The Pixel 10 is out." (I've been a big Pixel fan, or should I say "used to be")
I look at the introduction of the phone on the Google shop: AI, AI, AI, AI, AI, AI.... ad nauseam.
Well. My next phone won't be a Pixel.
PSA: if you own a Pixel and you're not running GrapheneOS, you should be.
To follow-up on my previous toot, knowing how anxious Gen Z and Gen Alpha are about the environmental catastrophe, I think that a lot of youngsters would think twice about using AI tools so frequently... if they knew about the energy consumption involved in their activities (esp. water to cool down data centers).
A text overlay guessing energy consumption for each prompt would be a game changer (as unrealistic as it sounds).
That's just me and my brain's nighttime activity 🥲
However, energy consumption and carbon footprint is more an issue.
Here is a serious (but not that accessible 😉) article about GPT4 carbon footprint: https://towardsdatascience.com/the-carbon-footprint-of-gpt-4-d6c676eb21ae/
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