Could you explain further?
If you only include chat bots, your numbers look good. Sadly reality isn’t in “chat bots”.
lets_get_off_lemmy@reddthat.com 2 days ago
Reygle@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Image/Video generation, analysis (them scrubbing the entire public internet) consumes far, far more than someone asking an AT “grok is this true”
lets_get_off_lemmy@reddthat.com 1 day ago
Do you have a source for this claim? I see this report by Google and MIT Tech Review that says image/video generation does use a lot of energy compared to text generation.
Taking the data from those articles, we get this table:
AI Activity Source Energy Use (per prompt) Everyday Comparison Median Gemini Text Prompt Google Report 0.24 Wh Less energy than watching a 100W TV for 9 seconds. High-Quality AI Image MIT Article ~1.22 Wh Running a standard microwave for about 4 seconds. Complex AI Text Query MIT Article ~1.86 Wh Roughly equivalent to charging a pair of wireless earbuds for 2-3 minutes. Single AI Video (5-sec) MIT Article ~944 Wh (0.94 kWh) Nearly the same energy as running a full, energy-efficient dishwasher cycle. "Daily AI Habit" MIT Article ~2,900 Wh (2.9 kWh) A bit more than an average US refrigerator consumes in a full 24-hour period. MangoCats@feddit.it 1 day ago
Another way of looking at this: A “Daily AI Habit” on your table is about the same as driving a Tesla 10 miles…
jokersteve@lemmy.world 2 days ago
please elaborate?
brucethemoose@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I’m not sure what you’re reference. Imagegen models are not much different, especially now that they’re going transformers/MoE. Video gen models are chunky, but more rarely used, and they’re usually much smaller parameter counts.
Basically anything else machine learning is an order of magnitude less energy, at least