Comment by andymasley

Comment by andymasley 2 months ago

If we're trying to figure out a reasonable number for how much energy a single ChatGPT search uses, it seems weird to factor in all future training of all future models. It would be like trying to figure out the carbon cost of a single plane ride and trying to figure out what fraction of additional plane flights that one ticket incentivizes. It's too murky to put a clear number on and probably doesn't add much to the cost on its own. I tried to make it clear that the post is about your own personal use of ChatGPT, not the entire AI industry as a whole.

alganet 2 months ago

I agree, it's an impossible task to measure it. Almost like a labyrinth you can get lost if you worry too much about it.

The environment is not a personal issue. You can't solve it just for you. The whole idea of making it personal is so that a collective aspect of it would flourish. What are you trying to flourish in people's minds?

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andymasley 2 months ago

I added in the article that I think this is all the wrong way to think about environmentalism anyway and that people should spend most of their time working on systematically changing the energy grid to renewables. But I keep meeting people who are worried about their personal emissions from ChatGPT, so I wanted to make it clear that if you are worried about that ChatGPT isn't really a drop in the bucket compared to other things you could change.

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