From FLOPs to Footprints: The Resource Cost of Artificial Intelligence · HackerPapers discussionshttps://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2512.04142/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMTFrom FLOPs to Footprints: The Resource Cost of Artificial Intelligence — mentioned by michaelthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46182984urn:hackerpapers:mention:2512.04142:46182984Sun, 07 Dec 2025 16:39:47 GMT<p>&gt; Surely there are tools to retrieve all the citations, Even if you could retrieve all citations (which isn&#x27;t always as easy as you might hope) to validate citations you&#x27;d also have to confirm the paper says what the person citing it says. If I say &quot;A GPU requires 1.4kg of copper&quot; citing [1] is that a valid citation? That means not just reviewing one paper, but also potentially checking 70+ papers it cites. The vast majority of paper reviewers will not check citations actually say what they&#x27;re claimed to say, unless a truly outlandish claim is made. At the same time, academia is strangely…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2512.04142/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>cs.CY