The development of AI

 

Analysis: Deep Seek changes everything – AI can become an asset for the climate

The Chinese AI model Deep Seek can change everything we know about climate change. Justin Worland makes this rather bold statement in an analytical text in Time.

The reason is simply that the new model uses far less energy and computing power than its competitors. According to Worland, it has previously been taken for granted in large parts of the tech world that the development of AI will require a lot of energy – and thus large emissions. This in turn has limited the total climate benefit of the new technology.

“If Deep Seek’s promises prove to be true, those assumptions may turn out to be completely wrong,” writes Worland.

In The Times Business, Juliet Samuel writes that while Deep Seek appears to have forgotten to factor in some expenses when arriving at the astonishingly low development cost of its language model, it nevertheless suggests that even the view of the US leading AI development has been put to rest.

“We can only hope that this will be a defining moment in the slow awakening to the reality that China is not just catching up in advanced technology – in many areas it has taken the lead.”