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Making AI Less “Thirsty”: The Secret Water Footprint of AI Models (paperswithcode.com)
2 points by geox on April 14, 2023 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



The article is ignoring proportion here: while fresh water is scarce, 700,000 liters of water is insignificant (like, one millionth of one day's fresh water use for North America).

To offer some scale: 700,000 liters is a shallow half-acre pond.

Finally, fresh water is often discussed as a limited resource, but it is only scarce in places where is it is scarce. In many locations it is naturally renewed faster than it can be used.




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