Universitat der Bundeswehr Munchen

Good for the Planet, Bad for Me? Intended and Unintended Consequences of AI Energy Consumption Disclosure

To address the high energy consumption of artificial intelligence, energy consumption disclosure (ECD) has been proposed to steer users toward more sustainable practices, such as choosing efficient small language models (SLMs) over large language models (LLMs). This presents a performance-sustainability trade-off for…