Awesome stuff you see on the internet
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Crazy
How a Janet Jackson song crashed laptops for 9 years
In 2001, Microsoft support employees made a shocking discovery: Janet Jackson's hit, "Rhythm Nation," could cause laptops to crash. New details have now come to light showing what was done about it.
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Well worth the time to watch
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@antipodean some ingenious shit in there eh, even if I'm not sure I'm a fan of the finished product and by fuck I can't for the life of me understand what the draw is with windows with mullions or whatever it's called.
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We've all thought about it...
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Brilliant
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A long but sobering read
We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard.
The emissions from individual AI text, image, and video queries seem small—until you add up what the industry isn’t tracking and consider where it’s heading next.
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@MiketheSnow said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
A long but sobering read
The emissions from individual AI text, image, and video queries seem small—until you add up what the industry isn’t tracking and consider where it’s heading next.
This AI thing better be worth it eh?
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@MiketheSnow By 2028, the researchers estimate, the power going to AI-specific purposes will rise to between 165 and 326 terawatt-hours per year. That’s more than all electricity currently used by US data centers for all purposes; it’s enough to power 22% of US households each year.
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@antipodean said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
t’s enough to power 22% of US households each year.
that was potnetially misleading.
In NZ households only consume 11% of total power according to Google - I couldn't find that for the USA. So 22% of a low-ish number isn't a massive number. Industry consumes a lot of power.
They also don't set out what activity the AI could displace. If it makes a task more efficient, that could easily offset the energy.
