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Bill Gates says not to worry about AI's energy draw (www.theregister.com)
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[โ€“] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 81 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

640kW should be enough for anyone.

[โ€“] Cryan24@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

I have to admit, this one took me a minute ๐Ÿ™‚

[โ€“] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Wait, is that a random number, or the actual scale of the power draw we're talking about?

'Cause that's fuck-all when we're talking about industrial level power draw.

[โ€“] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

https://www.computerworld.com/article/1563853/the-640k-quote-won-t-go-away-but-did-gates-really-say-it.html

I originally had MW but changed it to be more in line with the supposed original quote.