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Artificial Intelligence Consumes Massive Amounts Of Energy. Here's Why
"Our GPUs [graphics processing units] are melting. We are going to temporarily introduce some rate limits." Just two days after OpenAI added a new image generation feature to ChatGPT, on March 25, CEO Sam Altman openly admitted the company was overwhelmed. Users were rushing to test the new ability to transform photos into different styles of art using artificial intelligence technology, especially in the characteristic style of Studio Ghibli, the Japanese animation studio founded by artist and filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki. On March 31, Altman announced that one million new users had signed up for ChatGPT in just one hour. The day after, he acknowledged that ChatGPT faced the risk of service slowing down, or even outages.
The sequence highlighted the enormous energy drain represented by generative AI technology. AI's explosive growth is now expected to more than double global electricity demand from data centers by 2030. According to an April report from the International Energy Agency (IEA), the demand could reach around 945 terawatt-hours (Twh), surpassing the current total electricity consumption of Japan. By that time, data centers will consume just under 3% of the world's electricity, it found. "In the United States, power consumption by data centers is on course to account for almost half of the growth in electricity demand between now and 2030," the IEA wrote.
Data center projects have been proliferating in the US. Donald Trump announced the launching of Stargate, a project with a $500 billion package of public and private funds that has already provided for the construction of up to 10 new data centers. Proving the point that energy is a core challenge in AI development, Meta and Microsoft have planned to connect their data centers directly to nuclear power plants. These projects anticipate that AI technology will achieve the success that has been predicted in the coming years. Indeed, now that AI models are integrated into Bing, WhatsApp, and, soon, Google, they will be included in every app on our phones, raising significant questions about their environmental impact.
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Artificial Intelligence And Society
Technology is changing our society day by day. Things which were in the science fiction realm 25- 30 years ago have now become commonplace.
Remember the science fiction TV Serial Star Trek in the 80s. It showed communication between astronauts on a mobile phone type device, which also showed videos. Now it has become commonplace.
Remember telephonic communications 40 years back. Talking to someone in another country involved extremely high prices and a lot of time to connect. Now we can talk literally free and without any delay for hours anywhere in the world.
These examples were just to set the frame for the drastic changes brought about by technology in our day to day lives.
The latest new kid on the block is Artificial Intelligence, which is revolutionizing society as no other technology has ever done.
Artificial intelligence has mimicked the human brain and has far surpassed it in almost all things. This may seem like a controversial statement. But it is the truth!
Below are some examples :
The air defense systems of many advanced Countries is by and large unmanned. Once air defense radars have detected a launch of a missile from an enemy country it reacts based on the algorithms of its software and takes defensive measures in a few seconds. It acts and reacts much faster than a human could.
A sophisticated cyber strike could destroy infrastructure in a few seconds much before a human can defend it. Only AI can detect and react fast enough to stop it.
Most stock trades today are managed by computer algorithms that can process more data in a second than a human can process in a year. And react much faster than a human can blink. Some traders in the US have filed lawsuits against trading with the use of computer algorithms since it unfairly discriminates against human traders who cannot react fast enough to compete.
Use of artificial intelligence in medicine is equally path breaking. In a recent experiment a computer algorithm was correctly able to diagnose lung cancer cases in 90% cases while human doctors had a correct diagnosis in 50% cases.
In 2011 a pharmacy opened in San Francisco was manned by a single robot. In one year it managed 2 million prescriptions without making a single mistake while human pharmacists erred in 1.7% of all prescriptions.
In February 2015 an AI program developed by Google Deepmind learned by itself how to play 49 Atari games. It then played all of them much better than humans, using strategies which never occurred to human players.
The future of AI is already here. In May 2014 Deep Knowledge , a Hong Kong venture capital firm dealing with regenerative medicine, appointed an AI algorithm named VITAL to its board. Like other 5 board members, VITAL gets to vote whether or not the firm invests in a particular company, based on massive amounts of data which it processes.
It was earlier thought that the arts were beyond the ken of artificial intelligence. It is not so. David Cook is a musicology professor in the US. He created an AI program named EMI which specialized in composing music in the style of various classical musicians. In one day, EMI composed 5000 chorales in the style of the legend Sebastian Bach. When critics said that the music had no soul, David Cook organized a showdown where there were nine pieces of music, 3 composed by himself, 3 by EMI and three by the legendary Sebastian Batch. After this a large audience of music buffs were asked to identify which piece was by whom. Amazingly, the audience was not able to differentiate between the music composed by EMI , and that by Bach.
In light of the above here are the areas in which AI is going to have a massive impact in the coming times;
1 Economic impact
Job transformation; AI will automate routine tasks leading to job displacement in many sectors.
Technologists and experts in artificial intelligence will be the most sought after jobs.
Productivity boost; all economic activities will be much more efficient decision making will be better and faster based on data without any human biases
2 Health care
AI algorithms are already aiding in the customization of treatment plans based on individual patient data improving outcomes and reducing costs
Diagnostics will improve. AI Technologies will enhance diagnostic accuracy enabling early detection of diseases through tools like imaging analysis and predictive analytics
3 Education
AI can tailor educational experiences to individual needs, helping to identify strengths and weaknesses and adapt curricula accordingly
4 Transportation
Self driving vehicles and smart transportation systems with smart urban planning will reduce traffic accidents and improve efficiency in logistics
5 Social interaction
Enhanced communication
AI driven tools like Chatbots and translation services can facilitate global communication and support
The integration of AI into society offers immense opportunities for advancements. Collaborative efforts among technologists, policymakers and communities will be essential to shape a future where AI serves the common good while minimizing risks.
The writer is former Director General of Police, Jharkhand.
A.I., Matey: Artificial Intelligence Is Changing Yachting As We Know It
Augmented-reality screens doubling as windows? A humanoid butler on board? We're not there yet, but it's not far away. Shipyards are now delivering the first wave of smart boats, integrating artificial intelligence with the yacht's basic functions. Several Alexa-like iterations, such as Azimut Yachts' Vertex AI and Numarine's Adonis, use voice prompts to turn on lights or vocalize weather forecasts.
But Rossinavi's 140-foot Seawolf X is a step beyond, the first to apply adaptive A.I. Across multiple platforms. The main brief from the young tech-focused owner was to make the diesel-electric catamaran as efficient as possible, so RossinaviAI learns the habits of owners and guests and adjusts lighting and air-conditioning accordingly, while tweaking performance in a myriad of ways. At 5,400 nautical miles, Seawolf X's range is twice that of a similar-length monohull, thanks to the twin-hull shape, substantial battery-storage capacity, and A.I.-governed operational and engine efficiencies.
When does A.I. Become too much? Francesco Pierpaoli, CIO at Videoworks, which developed RossinaviAI with the shipyard and the University of Pisa, points to the fear of A.I. Taking over a vessel with humans losing control. The answer: a three-tier system controlled by the captain, with no A.I., limited A.I., or total A.I. Even total A.I. Does not really encroach on passenger privacy, since it controls only the HVAC system.
Other makers are employing the new technology for protection. Baltic Yachts is using SEA.AI on several new builds that are configured with hull sensors and cameras to detect floating objects in case radar misses them. In smaller yachts, Boston Whaler will roll out similar technology for collision avoidance on its 405 Conquest, supplemented by an autonomous-docking feature that takes over in certain situations.
Still, there's more on the horizon. Several years ago, Feadship floated a submarine-like Command Centre concept. Replacing a conventional top-deck bridge, this lower-deck A.I.-powered space has A.R. Screens instead of windows to show what is happening outside. Today, the sci-fi bridge doesn't seem as far-fetched. "Nowadays [one can] develop a complete system that didn't seem possible a year ago," says Pierpaoli. Humanoid butlers and A.R. Screens, he adds, could soon be superyacht options.
"All A.I. Is doing at the moment is being a superefficient human being," says Paul Hunton, a maritime-cybersecurity specialist, noting that the superyacht sector must decide what types of applications A.I. Will eventually have.
Until then, yachting will enjoy a honeymoon period of technical marvels.
Nicole Hoey is Robb Report's digital editor. While studying at Boston University, she read, wrote and read some more as an English and journalism major. A class taught by a Boston Globe copy editor…
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