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Comment on ChatGPT 5 power consumption could be as much as eight times higher than GPT 4 — research institute estimates medium-sized GPT-5 response can consume up to 40 watt-hours of electricity

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MangoCats@feddit.it ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

I was just thinking, in more affordable electric regions of the US that’s about $5 worth of electricity. You’d tip a concierge $5 for most answers you get from Chat GPT (if they could provide them…) and the concierge is likely going to use that $5 to buy a gallon and a half of gasoline, which generates a whole lot more CO2 than the nuclear / hydro / solar mixed electrical generation, in reasonably priced electric regions of the US…

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jsomae@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
That doesn’t seem right. By my calculations it should be like 5¢.

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- MangoCats@feddit.it ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Depends on your electric rates, of course. The gotcha in this statement is “per thousand requests” which cranks up the power usage from 40 watt-hours to 40 kilowatt hours. Say you’ve got “affordable” electricity at 12.5 cents per kilowatt hour: 40 * .125 = 5.
  
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