What Is Jevons’ Paradox?
Jevons’ Paradox is the possibility that making a resource more efficient can lead people to use more of it overall. Here is the plain-English explanation—and why it matters for AI.
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More Efficient AI Does Not Guarantee Lower Total Use
An AI system can use less energy, compute, money, or labour per task while total use still rises. To know which way the total moved, you also need to know what happened to demand.
