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I thought this was a great post on the Macroeconomics board on the massive power consumption used for training AI LLMs. There will be need for massive new investments in power generation and distribution. Are the regulators ready to provide the right incentives for it to happen?
WatchingTheHerd replies on Catching up on AI newsFor comparison, the largest single power plant complex in the United States is Grand Coulee Dam which is rated at a capacity of 7,097 megawatts or 7,097,000 kilowatts. If I haven't scrambled a units conversion somewhere, the power consumed by the GPT-4 training could have consumed all of the power from Grand Coulee Dam for 52 minutes.
