Energy consumption of artificial intelligence (AI) models in training is considerable, with both GPT-3, the original release of the current iteration of OpenAI's popular ChatGPT, and Gopher consuming well over a thousand megawatt hours of energy simply for training. As this is only for the training model it is likely that the energy consumption for the entire usage and lifetime of GPT-3 and other large language models (LLMs) is significantly higher.
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Cornell University. (November 3, 2022). Emissions when training artificial intelligence (AI) based large language models (LLMs) in 2023 (in CO2 eq tonnes) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 17, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1384418/co2-emissions-when-training-llm-models/
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Cornell University, Emissions when training artificial intelligence (AI) based large language models (LLMs) in 2023 (in CO2 eq tonnes) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1384418/co2-emissions-when-training-llm-models/ (last visited July 17, 2024)
Emissions when training artificial intelligence (AI) based large language models (LLMs) in 2023 (in CO2 eq tonnes) [Graph], Cornell University, November 3, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1384418/co2-emissions-when-training-llm-models/