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‘Thirsty’ ChatGPT uses four times more water than previously thought (www.thetimes.com)

submitted 1 month ago by cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Writing a 100-word email using ChatGPT (GPT-4, latest model) consumes 1 x 500ml bottle of water It uses 140Wh of energy, enough for 7 full charges of an iPhone Pro Max

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[–] 13esq@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

The mob is fickle, brother.

The hive mind has concluded AI=bad and any comment that doesn't go along with the consensus is going to get downvotes.

It's really not that different from the beginning of the industrial revolution, when cotton mills first started to implement the spinning jenny, leaving many workers out of a job who'd go in to the factories at night to smash the machines up.

No one wants to go back to spinning cotton all day now though and it will be the same with jobs taken by AI.