vegeta@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoElon Musk's xAI plans to build 'Gigafactory of Compute' by fall 2025 — using 100,000 Nvidia's H100 GPUswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square66fedilinkarrow-up173arrow-down128
arrow-up145arrow-down1external-linkElon Musk's xAI plans to build 'Gigafactory of Compute' by fall 2025 — using 100,000 Nvidia's H100 GPUswww.tomshardware.comvegeta@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square66fedilink
minus-squaresmnwcj@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up65arrow-down1·3 months agoWe really need to tax energy used by GPU-burning projects differently. AI training, blockchain, whatever. Such a wasteful endeavour.
minus-squareKalkaline @leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·3 months agoCarbon tax, it was proposed so many years ago and it’s always been a good idea.
minus-squareSlopppyEngineer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 months agoBy now it should be a hard carbon budget and not a simple tax that can be dodged.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoHow would a budget be less dodgable than a tax?
minus-squareFaceDeer@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down18·3 months agoNo significant blockchains use GPUs any more. As for AI training, that produces AIs. It’s not wasteful.
We really need to tax energy used by GPU-burning projects differently. AI training, blockchain, whatever. Such a wasteful endeavour.
Carbon tax, it was proposed so many years ago and it’s always been a good idea.
By now it should be a hard carbon budget and not a simple tax that can be dodged.
How would a budget be less dodgable than a tax?
Energy and water.
No significant blockchains use GPUs any more. As for AI training, that produces AIs. It’s not wasteful.