We all talk about AI progress, but no one’s talking about what it’s doing to the planet.

I fell down a rabbit hole last week reading about the carbon footprint on AI models. Turn out training GPT-3 released more CO2 than a car would over 100+ years. 😳

And thats just training. Every single prompt burns enough electricity to power a light bulb for 10-20 minutes. Multiply that by millions of queries a day... and yeah, it adds up fast.

I'm not anti AI (I use it all the time), but it did make me pause. Why aren't there more models that are powered by renewables? Or at least hosted in regions with greener energy grids? At this rate we'll probably destroy the earth before we reach super intelligence

Has anyone seen good examples of 'green' AI tools, where I can feel less bad about my AI usage? The only one I have found so far is GreenPT which claims to be 100% renewable-powered. Curious if anyone here has tried similar eco-friendly AI alternatives?