Frugal AI - examining the pros and cons and how to get it right

The Frugal AI approach is likely to take off over the next 18 months as concern over traditional AI’s significant environmental footprint and high cost profile continues to mount.

This is the view of Fred Lherault, Chief Technology Officer at data storage vendor Pure Storage, which started developing its products using Frugal AI principles about a year ago. He believes that although it is still “early days”, the approach will “be adopted pretty much by everyone” as they move from the proof-of-concept stage to deploying AI “for real”:

One of the reasons it matters to business is because we live in a world where resources are limited. So, even if you’re willing to spend the money, you don’t always get the chance to access all the compute resources you want. There are energy limitations, especially in data centers that aren’t geared to support AI’s power ...