In the past two years, many people realized for the first time: AI is this power-hungry. It's even starting to compete for electricity.
Isn't it just chatting, writing articles, generating some images? How did it suddenly become an energy monster?
Because today's large models are, at their core, burning tokens at massive scale. Once tokens enter industrial production, the power consumption will be staggering.
The internet is about information transmission. AI is about real-time computation. A search engine is like looking up a dictionary. A large model is like writing an essay from scratch.
The model predicts one token at a time. Behind every bit of generated content is a sea of matrix computation.
Today, GPUs have essentially become token generators. What you consume isn't chat sessions — it's token throughput.
After agents emerged, AI itself started consuming tokens. Thousands, tens of thousands of times — invisible to humans.
It's like the Industrial Revolution. Coal went from heating homes to driving factories, trains, and ships. Tokens went from chatting to industrial fuel.
The whole world is frantically building data centers, power plants, nuclear reactors. AI competition is no longer about algorithms — it's about who can burn tokens continuously, stably, and cheaply.
AI companies increasingly look like subsidiaries of a new energy-industrial complex. The internet flows with bits. AI burns tokens.
That's today's 立委两分钟. Thanks for watching. Goodbye. by Tuya
