Arlindo Oliveira, Professor at DEI, published an opinion article in the newspaper Público on the 3rd of November about the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on global energy consumption.

In the article, Arlindo Oliveira reflects on the growing popularity of AI and the concerns raised about its environmental impact, particularly due to the high energy consumption involved in training and using large models. He also notes that technological advances, such as the increased efficiency of GPUs, have helped mitigate part of this impact.

It is further stated that AI currently consumes less than 0.03% of the total energy used on the planet, a value that, according to the author, remains very small compared to other human activities.

The article is available HERE.

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