Computer scientists show the way: AI models need not be so power hungry

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-04-scientists-ai-power-hungry.html

"keep energy costs in mind from outset, for design and training phases... convolutional neural networks utilizing benchmark AI models collection using less energy to solve given task, but performing approximately same level... 70–80% (conservative estimate) energy savings during training and deployment... 1% or less decreased performance; however, in some fields like self-driving cars or certain areas of medicine, model precision can be critical for safety"