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u/darkkhan_ — 10 days ago
u/darkkhan_
Your brain can do things (creativity, emotion, unconventional decision-making, strategic thinking) that the world's most expensive servers and AI systems cannot, for the price of a bowl of food and a few liters of water.
Why do I say this? Because the human brain accomplishes what it does with 12 watts, while AI consumes 2.7 billion watts of energy. This is, of course, a relative theoretical comparison. Let's say you're walking down the street and you see an acquaintance. Your brain performs this process (seeing the image, scanning the face, comparing it with memory, triggering an emotion, and making a decision) using just 12-20 watts of power. To put that in perspective, that's only enough energy to power a single light bulb.
For the same task, an AI would require 2.7 billion watts. That's roughly the combined generating capacity of 2-3 large nuclear power plants.
Every time the AI performs an operation, it has to “move” data from memory to the processor. This constant “traffic” accounts for over 80% of the total energy consumption.
In the human brain, a neuron both computes and stores data. The data never moves anywhere. This is called “in-memory computing” and it reduces energy consumption to almost zero.
No business in the world has such a huge return on investment (ROI). For a cost of less than $1, the brain can create infinite value.
When you're talking to Claude or ChatGPT, the electricity equivalent to the brains of nearly half a million people is being consumed behind your screen. And you're analyzing it with just 12 watts (the power of a single small light bulb).The human brain is the best “computer” in the universe.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/thinking-hard-calories/
https://stanmed.stanford.edu/build-computers-match-human-nervous-system/
u/darkkhan_ — 16 days ago