AI Can Do Great Things—if It Doesn't Burn the Planet by/via @wired

OpenAI created an algorithm that successfully manipulates the pieces of a Rubik’s Cube using a robotic hand. But this accomplishment cost more than research time and effort—one estimate says it may have consumed about 2.8 gigawatt-hours of electricity, roughly equal to the output of three nuclear power plants for an hour. The computing power required for AI breakthroughs increased 300,000-fold from 2012 to 2018, creating an environmental impact that needs to be considered.

Something that we often don't consider but really should if we are serious about saving the planet.