[Bobbyvotes]

If AI is intelligent, why does it need so much electrical power to operate a giant search engine?

[crusty old prospector]

C’mon, man. Trust the science.

[Steven Tyler]

The transmission grid is old and decrepit

At least the powers that be will construct an upgraded power grid (???)

Oh, and how much for all that needed silver and copper.....

[Leaning Right]

> If AI is intelligent, why does it need so much electrical power to operate a giant search engine? <

Keep asking questions like that, and you’ll get in trouble with Hal.

[grobdriver]

If AI is intelligent, why does it need so much electrical power to operate a giant search engine?

It's not. There's nothing "intelligent" about AI. It's an aggregator (ergo the search engine), nothing more.

If it stores results from previous searches (topics, questions) it can respond faster - like caching previous searches on a computer.

At least that's my understanding of the animal.

[The Duke]

"And you get a Chromebook ... and you get a Chromebook ... and you get a Chromebook ..."

[BipolarBob]

To serve man. You didn’t watch Twilight Zone?

[Sgt_Schultze]

AI data centers are going to have to become electricity generators to be self-sustaining. They could then export excess power back to the grid as a profit line. Short of that, if data-center induced brownouts become pervasive, the public will become angry at the politicians who created the mess.

[ridesthemiles]

EVERYONE IS FOCUSING ON POWER USAGE-—

WAIT UNTIL THEY FIND OUT ABOUT THE MASSIVE WATER USAGE——

AND IT IS NOT RECYCLED-—UP INTO THE AIR, INCREASING HUMIDITY