Birdwatch Note Rating
2024-12-14 18:43:45 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: C8CFBFDAF3860853F27215A2A850AEE3E38818ED4DD627716269A436AB59F08A
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Original Note:
1 AI image takes 3 Wh of electricity. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2311.16863 This takes 1mn in e.g. Midjourney. https://docs.midjourney.com/docs/fast-relax Doing this for 24h costs 4.3 kWh. This releases 0.5kg of CO2 (https://grid.iamkate.com/): same as driving 3 miles in your car. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/energy-and-environment-data-tables-env Overall, cars emit 10% of world CO2 (https://ourworldindata.org/co2-emissions-from-transport), and AI 0.04% (data centers emit 1% https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3629527.3651419 -- 1/25th is AI https://www.iea.org/reports/electricity-2024)
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