“There’s no way to get there without a breakthrough,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said, arguing that AI will soon need even more energy.

  • maness300@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Supplying energy isn’t only doing what’s “cost effective.” It’s about meeting demand.

    This is why when suppliers have difficulty meeting demand, prices go up.

    If we only did what was the cheapest instead of what was required to meet demand, then our demands wouldn’t be met and we would be without energy during those times.

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      8 months ago

      Check the second link again. They were calculating how demand was met over time.