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by cognitiveinline 12 days ago
yes. training is a magnitude lower of energy of the lifecycle of frontier models. with current use of opus etc, the math is closer to 1%.

https://libguides.usc.edu/blogs/USC-AI-Beat/hidden-costs-of-...

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This is actually a good link. Thank you. It's usage that is the big driver, and LLMs are a big driver in emissions and other damage to the environment.