The most common generative AI solutions used personally, like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, are presented as free or at low cost to the consumer
It could enable short-term productivity gains for companies but at a potentially great long-term cost which is more than what Canadian executives, board members and cabinet ministers are accounting for. The investment required to train large language models and process generative AI solutions, includes specialized chips, cloud servers and secure facilities as well as the substantial energy costs to power them.
