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Why using ChatGPT is not bad for the environment (andymasley.substack.com)
submitted 3 days ago by AnonomousWolf@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Please actually read the article before downvoting me into oblivion, or debunk it before just shouting AI = BAD I'm also against AI for privacy reasons, but can we please stop pretending that it's destroying the environment.

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[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It would be fantastic if our other GHG-producing activities were held to the same level of criticism as AI.

You're gonna get downvotes defending AI on Lemmy - our Overton window is ^tiny^.

A ChatGPT prompt uses 3 Wh. This is enough energy to:

Leave a single incandescent light bulb on for 3 minutes.

Leave a wireless router on for 30 minutes.

Play a gaming console for 1 minute.

Run a vacuum cleaner for 10 seconds.

Run a microwave for 10 seconds

Run a toaster for 8 seconds

Brew coffee for 10 seconds

Use a laptop for 3 minutes. ChatGPT could write this post using less energy than your laptop uses over the time you read it.

[–] socphoenix@midwest.social 1 points 3 days ago

*as long as we don’t count the shit load of electricity spent training the model.