arXiv:2606.11215cs.CYcs.AI2026-06被引 1

提出可量化LLM在教育AI中能耗的开源方法,促进行业透明化。

The Environmental Cost of LLMs in AIED: Reporting and Practices

  • 开发工具链自动测量本地与云端运行时的碳足迹。
  • 提供无需参数量即可估算计算成本的简化公式。
  • 针对教育领域推动环保责任报告,适合研究者与审稿人使用。

近年来,大型语言模型(LLM)在人工智能教育(AIED)领域应用日益广泛。尽管为学习者和教育者提供了新可能,但其使用伴随显著的计算与环境成本,且因缺乏标准化度量与报告流程而常被隐藏。我们对AIED 2025会议论文集进行了文献综述,发现多数项目使用了LLM,但极少报告计算资源消耗,几乎无人将环境影响作为伦理议题讨论。为此,我们提出一种开源方法,用于系统性测量并报告LLM的计算开销与运行机器学习(ML)AIED系统的环境影响。该方法提供软件工具,支持本地与云环境下的碳足迹测算,并给出无需确切参数量即可估算前沿大模型计算成本的简易公式。我们希望激励同行采用此方法,提升在教育人工智能中使用大模型的透明度与可持续性。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Large Language Model (LLM) usage in recent years has become increasingly widespread in the Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED) community. While LLMs offer unique avenues for learners and educators, using LLMs comes with computational and environmental costs. These costs are mostly hidden due to a lack of standardised procedures to measure and report these impacts. To address this gap, we first conducted a literature review of all papers published as part of the AIED 2025 conference proceedings, determining if and how computational or environmental costs of LLMs are reported. Most projects use LLMs, but few report computational resources used and almost none discuss environmental impacts of LLMs as an ethical concern. To address this lack of standardised reporting practices, we propose an open-source method for systematically measuring and reporting the computational expense of LLMs and environmental impact of running Machine Learning (ML) AIED systems. We provide software solutions to measure the carbon footprint for both local and cloud based hardware. We also provide an easy-to-use formula to calculate the computational expense of frontier LLMs even when the exact number of parameters is not known. Overall, we hope to motivate colleagues to use our method to strive for more transparent reporting of hidden costs of using LLMs in the AIED community.

大模型教育AI碳足迹透明度

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