The majority of energy consumed is for training the AI models, not providing output from those models.
This means the resource consumption is not tied to usage and prompts. Also it means resource consumption to train models is temporary, relative to the model.
That is how water use works, yes. The water goes back into the environment and is later reused.
Also, there’s a good chance the AIs are not being trained in the same facilities that they’re later being run in. Different sorts of work is being done.
The majority of energy consumed is for training the AI models, not providing output from those models.
This means the resource consumption is not tied to usage and prompts. Also it means resource consumption to train models is temporary, relative to the model.
Oh ok. So they’ll put the water back once the models are trained?
That is how water use works, yes. The water goes back into the environment and is later reused.
Also, there’s a good chance the AIs are not being trained in the same facilities that they’re later being run in. Different sorts of work is being done.
Not necessarily. Some ground water is ancient “fossil water” and won’t replenish. At least not before a very long time.