Jevons’ AI Paradox: Why Cheaper Models Raise Energy Demand

AI is getting cheaper, faster and more efficient. The efficient machine that orders more electricity.

It goes beyond the title with direct discussion of efficient, energy, make, including: So why are data centres preparing to use far more electricity?.

1. 01better chips, smarter software and smaller models mean that a task which cost a fortune last year may cost almost nothing today
2. 02Then somebody gives it tools, a budget and another agent to supervise it
3. 03A model can use less energy for one answer, while the world uses more energy overall because it asks far more questions, puts AI into more products, and turns more small tasks into