I think that AI will just consume a lot more power moving forward rather than solving reversible computation. Simple calculation: computers as a whole consume about 3GW in the US, i.e. about 10^10 W (with a bit of wiggle room).
The total solar energy incident on the USA is about 10^15W when you take into account day/night, clouds, etc.
So there’s a factor of, say, 10^4 − 10^5 available just by capturing all that sunlight and using it for computation.
I think that AI will just consume a lot more power moving forward rather than solving reversible computation. Simple calculation: computers as a whole consume about 3GW in the US, i.e. about 10^10 W (with a bit of wiggle room).
The total solar energy incident on the USA is about 10^15W when you take into account day/night, clouds, etc.
So there’s a factor of, say, 10^4 − 10^5 available just by capturing all that sunlight and using it for computation.