“Correct” Quick Shock: Ask ChatGpt. Credits: Primakov, Shutterstock
Being polite to your AI may feel warm and vague, but it is also literally burning millions of electricity.
Openai boss Sam Altman has admitted to chatbots like chatgpt saying “please” and “thank you” It’s stacking above Tens of millions of dollars Computing cost. In response to a cheeky post on X (formerly Twitter), Altman said, “It cost tens of millions of dollars.” And why? “You never know,” he added.
But what sounds like the punchline of the digital age has a very realistic environmental punch. a Washington Post In the survey, writing emails generated in a single 100 word AI, 0.14 kilowatt hours Electricity – about 37% of the electricity used by an average Spanish home in an hour, Repsol.
But Kurtis Beavers, Microsoft’s design manager, insists that courtesy is not in vain. “Using polite language sets the tone of the response,” he explains. Microsoft’s My own Internal memos suggest that generative AI reflects the professionalism and clarity of the inputs it receives, like a very clever parrot with manners.
Still, there are bigger issues. The data centers that power these AI tools already cover about 2% of the world’s electricity, and the numbers are rising.
2024 investigation It was revealed 67Percent of Americans talk sweetly about their AI. Over half said it was “just right thing,” but 12% wanted them not to spare in AI uprisings.
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