Data center. Photo by Geoffrey Moffett, via Unsplash.
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In 1995, computer scientist Niklaus Wirth published the article “A Plea for Lean Software” in the magazine Computer. Its thesis seems to suggest that AI based on neural networks may be doomed to fail, not because of a lack of electrical energy, but because of software inefficiency.
The experience of an admittedly unusual user
This month, I got clobbered by the content management system (CMS) I use for my blog. The company that runs the CMS had been pushing me for years to accept its more powerful version. I didn’t want it. The old version took care of my needs. It was actually a bit too complicated already, but it was a lot simpler than the new beast. More power would only make things worse. With a more powerful system, I would have to work harder to get the same job done, with no improvement to show for the effort.
