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High energy consumption of large models

"Training and deploying large models require substantial energy expenditure. The trend toward developing larger models exacerbates this issue. This can lead to excessive energy usage and have a negative environmental impact."

AI Risk6. Socioeconomic and Environmental6.6 > Environmental harm3 - Other

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Domain6. Socioeconomic and EnvironmentalThe broad risk area this belongs to.

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Domain6. Socioeconomic and Environmental
Subdomain6.6 > Environmental harm
Entity3 - Other
Intent3 - Other
Timing3 - Other
CategoryImpacts of AI (Environment)
SubcategoryHigh energy consumption of large models

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