Idle consumer GPUs plus unconcentrated energy are the untapped resource
Solving the AI energy crisis | Greg Osuri on what it takes to power AI (Changelog)
“There’s lots of GPUs around… I have a 4090 here, a gaming machine. I have a Sony PlayStation that I barely use… there’s so many GPUs out there that were discarded by OpenAIs because they’re not the latest and the greatest… And the best part is if we can distribute GPUs, now we tap into energy when we’re available. It’s not like we don’t have enough energy. We just don’t have enough concentrated energy.” — 00:22:35
Context: Core local-compute argument: distributed GPUs unlock stranded/wasted renewable energy (e.g., California’s curtailed daytime solar).