Future of AI: New tech will create ‘digital humans,’ could use more energy than all working people by 2025
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Artificial intelligence could soon produce higher-quality 'digital humans' and use more energy than the entire world's workforce, according to experts.
By 2025, without sustainable AI practices, AI will consume more energy than the human workforce, significantly offsetting carbon-zero gains, according to Gartner's research for their 2023 strategic predictions. Nikolas Lanum is an associate editor for Fox News Digital.
"The energy consumption by AI is growing rapidly along with increasing use to automate human activities. Machine learning (ML) models need to be trained and executed, which requires more cloud data centers," contributor Lori Perri wrote. "Practices are emerging in order to significantly reduce energy consumption for ML. Before dismissing AI as a technology that consumes too much energy, note that the benefits of AI may potentially far outweigh its own footprint. However, this potential can only be realized if AI is proactively and effectively applied in as many processes, companies and organizations as possible."