On Fri, Aug 22, 2025 at 9:43 PM Brent Meeker <[email protected]> wrote:
* >>Having a better AI model bypasses the need for more electricity* >> >> > >> *No it does not! Regardless of how efficient an AI model is, the more >> computational resources it has available the more intelligent it will be, >> and the more new computer models you will be able to train.* > > > *> Yes it does! Regardless of how much more electricity you have a more > efficient model may be superior. * > *Superior to what? If your AI is not lousy then more computing power will result in more intelligence. If your AI is lousy then more computing power will enable you to find a new AI model, or even a new AI architecture, that is less lousy. So your assertion that a more efficient AI will lead to less demand for computing power is simply not true. * *That's why on January 27 when Nvidia lost $600 billion in one day because the Chinese had made a more efficient AI, the largest one day loss in Wall Street history, I took that opportunity to buy more Nvidia stock. The market had forgotten about Jevons Paradox, but I hadn't. I don't know which AI will end up winning the race but I do know that whoever the winner is he, she or it will never feel that it has too much computing power. In a gold rush the people who make the most money are not those who dig holes in the ground but those who sell picks and shovels. * > *> Races are only one-dimensional.* > *Not if there are a huge number of branching ways to reach the finish line and it's not obvious which path will get you there in the least amount of time. * *John K Clark See what's on my new list at Extropolis <https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis>* e4j -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv2wgG_UqHRuR6o9L0mMYzMAdwJti76ziGFo3AgeOv4b0g%40mail.gmail.com.
