• lightsblinken@lemmy.world
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    14 hours ago

    are the two comparable? genuinely asking because i suspect AI usage is an order of magnitude or so more…

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      14 hours ago

      You’re right that there’s orders of magnitude difference, but its the driving that’s far more! One query to a chatGPT type model uses roughly 1Wh of energy, which is about the same as is released in burning one droplet of gasoline.