Software & AI
Software & AI
Why one AI training run can make the power grid wobble
AI training makes GPUs swing power together, and data centres can drop off the grid. What causes both, what each fix costs, and what to ask your utility.
Software & AI
The interest rate of intelligence: what sets the price of an AI token
Cheap tokens may do for AI what cheap credit did for start-ups. Taken apart, a token's cost depends heavily on how long a chip lasts and how busy it is.
Software & AI
AI Energy Per Query: Same Prompt, Two Different Numbers
AI energy per query differs 2.4x for the same median prompt depending on method, and the popular figure answers a narrower question.
Software & AI
AI Model Collapse Is a Curation Failure
AI model collapse comes from uncurated synthetic data, and the text shortage only pushes labs toward it. Curation decides which labs keep improving.
