Rémi Paccou

New: 'The Californian Ideology: Utopias, Disillusions, and Digital Power'. When failed communes sent hippies searching for work, the booming IT industry took them in. Clash of ideals and economic need shaped Silicon Valley’s culture—contradictions included. www.researchgate.net/publication/...

The Californian Ideology: Utopias, Disillusions, and Digital Power Many processes that initially appear open-ended or exponential eventually encounter limiting factors—whether in technology, society, or natural systems. This article explores how the optimistic vis…

The Californian Ideology: A blend of hippie counterculture and tech capitalism—promising liberation, but often fueling new inequalities. Read more: remipaccou.blog/2025/11/10/the-californian-ideology-utopias-disillusions-and-digital-power/.

AI’s energy demand in Europe could range from 45 to 145 TWh by 2030—a 3x variation depending on today’s choices.
New research: Sustainable infrastructure + adaptive regulation together can reduce energy demand and carbon footprint.

Full scenarios: lnkd.in/edu9YBHs

#SustainableAI #AIGovernance

B.J.G. van der Kooij traces transistors, integrated circuits & microprocessors to reveal how ICT became a "General Purpose Technology."

For the curious: deep historical grounding on how micro-techniques formed modern digitization.

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Exploring the AI electricity crisis scenario: A case study of Texas-ERCOT This article explores artificial intelligence (AI) effects on data center electricity consumption by answering the question if and when AI growth may …

Our recent article in Next Energy examines how AI-driven data center electricity demand could evolve through 2035. We show that outcomes depend not only on AI tech, but also on symbiotic coordination among AI/data center operators, and grid providers. Read here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

YouTube video by Dead Oceans Bill Fay - Salt of the Earth (Official Video)

Spring rain today, which Bill Fay will therefore not have seen, he who passed away two months ago... Beyond being the link between Nick Drake and Dylan, he is above all the perfection of minimalism in music: sublime, stripped-down, chamber-like, twilight-tinged, miniature. youtu.be/kMP704Kec8c?...

In 1882, Edison’s grid lit up Manhattan; today, AI’s energy demand strains the outdated US grid. Our research shows AI could drive 20–50% of US electricity demand growth by 2030, risking shortages and fossil fuel lock-in. Modernizing US infrastructure is urgent.
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#AI #Grid

Microsoft CEO says there is an 'overbuild' of AI systems, dismisses AGI milestones as show of progress Nadella suggested AI progress should be measured by economic growth.

I am glad that CEOs finally admit over-hyping a technology. It is interesting to see that Microsoft CEO wants to pay for compute instead of buying it... Analogy from housing market, I rent if I do not plan to stay too long in a place.

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It is funny that we knew about this huge waste of money called #ChatGPT already 2 years ago, but just a few listened. What is scarier is that there are still people seeing any type of intelligence in #LLMs.

I love Dunning-Kruger... if you are one of the few above who are still in the "wow"-peak ;)

1️⃣ Holistic Efficiency
🔋 Algorithmic + Energy Synergy: DeepSeek's GRPO reduced training costs by 42.5%, while our projections show 70% annual TFLOPs gains through hardware/software co-design.
🌱 Frugality: DeepSeek's "cold-start" data (thousands vs. millions of examples) to curb overparameterization

2️⃣ Purpose-Driven Design
🎯 Model Efficiency: DeepSeek's distilled 14B model outperforming 32B benchmarks aligns with our 30x energy savings via task-specific models.
⚡ Inference Optimization: 93.3% KV cache reduction complements our 40% edge computing savings, smaller can be smarter.

3️⃣ Ecosystem Collaboration
🔓 Open Innovation: DeepSeek's 6 open-source models resonate with our push for industry-wide certification standards.
🔄 Symbiotic Systems: DeepSeek's RL-driven self-evolution towards AI-optimized energy systems, creating feedback loops between algorithms and infrastructure.

Striking parallels exist between the DeepSeek technical paper and the research hypotheses that guided our 'Sustainable AI' scenario in our exploratory research paper on AI and electricity futures.
#SustainableAI #SystemicEfficiency #FrugalAI #OpenSource

Deepseek technical paper: lnkd.in/epfUDw7U

China’s cheap, open AI model DeepSeek thrills scientists DeepSeek-R1 performs reasoning tasks at the same level as OpenAI’s o1 — and is open for researchers to examine.

DeepSeek, a small Chinese AI startup, has flipped the script on Silicon Valley. With just $6M, their model is outperforming billion-dollar U.S. giants and topping global charts. It’s a reminder that in AI, modern « low tech » algorithms can outsmart deep pockets. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Trump staff ‘furious’ after Musk trashes AI project “It’s clear he has abused the proximity to the president,” said one ally of the president.

Trump's $500B AI claim: more gorilla chest-thumping than reality. No public funds, private money uncertain. Remember: more data ≠ smarter AI. SoftBank Japan involved, likely to keep Trump engaged in Pacific. No real scaling, but geopolitical play. www.politico.com/news/2025/01...

AI and Electricity: A System Dynamics Approach - Explained (2/10) - Schools Of Thought Welcome to our second series depicting 'AI and Electricity: A System Dynamics Approach'. After having discussed last week the problem statement, we will today examine existing methods for forecasting ...

AI and electricity: systemically linked. Modeling AI’s energy impact remains uncharted. Balanced approaches and future-focused understanding are key for accurate projections. The AI-energy debate needs critical thinking, not number fights, to depolarize discussions. www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-ele...