@inawhilecrocodile@mastodon.social
2026-07-09 19:44 UTC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSjdtYnMb0c
tldw/tldr: AI demand is unsustainable
- Global energy use grows at ~2% annually
- AI related energy demand grows at 15% annually
- By 2050, AI energy consumption could match "the entire world’s current consumption"
- "Kelvin limit" problem: no matter how clean the energy source, all energy consumption converts to waste heat which could lead to catastrophic warming and resource exhaustion
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#science #climatecatastrophe #climatechange #energy #environment #NoAI #AI
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@inawhilecrocodile@mastodon.social 2026-07-09 19:45
2/2 - Traditional fuel sources such as fossil fuels and uranium may be depleted "within a decade" if this growth continues - Even assuming perfect nuclear fusion using oceanic deuterium, the heat output would boil oceans "in about 67 years", assuming 15% annual energy demand growth from AI