25 July 2024

AI’s Real Hallucination Problem

 AI’s Real Hallucination Problem

AI's Real Hallucination Problem | Tech executives are acting like they own  the world : r/technology
Tech executives are acting like they own the world.

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JULY 24, 2024, 12:16 PM ET

Two years ago, OpenAI released the public beta of DALL-E 2, an image-generation tool that immediately signified that we’d entered a new technological era. 
Trained off a huge body of data, 
  • DALL-E 2 produced unsettlingly good, delightful, and frequently unexpected outputs; 
  • my Twitter feed filled up with images derived from prompts such as close-up photo of brushing teeth with toothbrush covered with nacho cheese. 
  • Suddenly, it seemed as though machines could create just about anything in response to simple prompts.

You likely know the story from there: A few months later, ChatGPT arrived, millions of people started using it, the student essay was pronounced dead, Web3 entrepreneurs nearly broke their ankles scrambling to pivot their companies to AI, and the technology industry was consumed by hype. The generative-AI revolution began in earnest.

Where has it gotten us? Although enthusiasts eagerly use the technology to boost productivity and automate busywork, the drawbacks are also impossible to ignore. .

AI already uses as much energy as a small country. It's only the beginning.  - Vox

AI already uses as much energy as a small country. It's only the beginning. - Vox

Why does AI pose a huge energy supply problem? | Inside Story

Why does AI pose a huge energy supply problem? | Inside Story

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Artificial Intelligence is driving a technological revolution. , But feeding it requires more electricity to run its powerful computers and even more giant data centres. , So, how can such new demand ...

 
Why does AI pose a huge energy supply problem?

Technology revolution comes with gargantuan power and cooling needs. 

Artificial intelligence is driving a technological revolution.But feeding it requires more electricity to run its powerful computers and even more giant data centres.So, how can such new demand be met – and what are the implications?

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