AI’s Energy Appetite: Voracious & Efficient

The invention of useful artificial intelligence (AI), epitomized by the hype over ChatGPT, is the latest example of a basic truth about technology. There have always been many more inventions that use energy than those that can produce it. Such is the nature of progress in all domains from medicine and entertainment to information and transportation. While there’s a lot of debate, and angst, about AI’s implications for the economy, jobs and even politics, there’s no debate about the fact that it is a big deal and applications for using it are growing at a blistering pace.