Comment Comment by meeton > Asking ChatGPT a question uses approximately 10x as much energy as a traditional search engineTraditional search engines use vanishingly little energy, and 10x vanishingly little is still very small.> It is estimated that AI alone will evaporate between 4 and 7 billion cubic metres of water per year in 2027ChatGPT has 1 billion users every week, so AI is adding 1% to their water usage? parent meeton 5 months ago
Traditional search engines use vanishingly little energy, and 10x vanishingly little is still very small.
> It is estimated that AI alone will evaporate between 4 and 7 billion cubic metres of water per year in 2027
ChatGPT has 1 billion users every week, so AI is adding 1% to their water usage?