‘Using GPT-4 to generate 100 words consumes up to 3 bottles of water.’
I’d like to see the climate cost flagged in simple terms like this every time we are about to use AI. Like a calorie counter for the climate. A pop-up AI warning label, like nutritional information on food packaging. If nothing else, it might make us individually aware of the collective cost of using AI frivolously.
‘If 1 out of 10 working Americans use GPT4 once a week for a year (52 queries total by 17 million people), the corresponding power demands of 121,517 MWh would equal the electricity consumed by every household in Washington DC for 20 days. An unrealistically light use case for GPT’s audience.
The Washington Post included quotes from OpenAI, Meta, Google & Microsoft representatives, most of which reaffirmed commitment to reducing environmental demand rather than giving actual courses of action.’
@zleap It is. Just endless relentless platitudes of avoidance.