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How much energy do you think gets used by a computer that costs $700,000 per day to run?
https://earth.org/environmental-impact-chatgpt/
https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/chatgpt-cost-to-operate/
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/13/chatgpt-and-generative-ai-are-booming-but-at-a-very-expensive-price.html
I have no idea, that's kind of my point. I'm not trying to argue that it's not much, or that it's a lot, or that it's worth it or not, just saying I have no idea and neither that article nor any of the ones you linked gave me the answer.
I think it's an important consideration, so I'd love more information but it seems that it's not available. Maybe it's hard to calculate because things like the energy used and exact amount of compute are trade secrets or something, I don't know. It'd be nice to know though.
From earth.org: “Data centres are typically considered black box compared to other industries reporting their carbon footprint; thus, while researchers have estimated emissions, there is no explicit figure documenting the total power used by ChatGPT. The rapid growth of the AI sector combined with limited transparency means that the total electricity use and carbon emissions attributed to AI are unknown, and major cloud providers are not providing the necessary information.”