'It's so cool that cities are like “pweeease only turn your AC on if you're actively dying and don’t go below 79" while the Al nobody asked for is slurping up the power grid to make image of a girl with 5 tits'
Except that creating an image with Stable Diffusion takes around 4kJ on my PC whereas air conditioning a smallish flat for an hour takes nearer 4,000kJ (obviously rough approximations, but the right order of magnitude). See https://learnmetrics.com/how-many-kw-air-conditioner-do-i-need-ac-kw-calculator-chart/ for some approximations and note that 1kW*h is around 3,600kJ. There is a certain amount of misinformation and confusion around AI energy usage, so its always worth doing a rough sense check on such comparisons. #AI #AIArt #StableDiffusion
In Europe, Asia, and most non-US countries, we measure the size of the air conditioner in kW (kiloWatts). Before we buy any AC unit, we have to figure out how many kW air conditioner we need.
Phil
in reply to Ned Yeung • • •There is a certain amount of misinformation and confusion around AI energy usage, so its always worth doing a rough sense check on such comparisons.
#AI #AIArt #StableDiffusion
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