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Generating 1,000 images with a powerful AI model, such as Stable Diffusion XL, is responsible for roughly as much carbon dioxide as driving the equivalent of 6.6 kilometres in an average gasoline-powered car.
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Based on new study by Hugging Face
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https://arxiv.org/pdf/2311.16863.pdf
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According to Everypixel, as of August 2023, each day sees approximately 34 million new AI-generated images.
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This can be equated to 3400 images with a powerful AI model, such as Stable Diffusion XL, is responsible for roughly as much carbon dioxide as driving the equivalent of 22.44 kilometres in an average gasoline-powered car.
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3400 images =22.44km in an average gasoline-powered car.
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So, 22.44km x10000 =224400km in an average gasoline-powered car for average 34 million AI images created per day
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34000000 images = 224400 km in an average gasoline- powered car
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Note the Earth's circumference is 40075km
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so, 224400 ÷ 40075 =5.5995...
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approximately 5.6
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Hence, 5.6 lap of Earth
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