Judith Butlerian Jihad: Thinking about the extra energy use is uncomfortable. Google handles tens of thousands of queries every second (exact estimates vary). Standard Google queries formerly used about 1 kJ of energy each, while ChatGPT4 queries can use anywhere from 3-36 kJ each. That's a lot of energy for wrong answers.

I've been thinking about this, too. The climate impact of every single internet search being run through AI systems.

Really cool how Google now uses a ton more energy to put a wrong answer right at the top of every search.

Thinking about the extra energy use is uncomfortable. Google handles tens of thousands of queries every second (exact estimates vary). Standard Google queries formerly used about 1 kJ of energy each, while ChatGPT4 queries can use anywhere from 3-36 kJ each. That's a lot of energy for wrong answers.

we'd rather burn the whole world down than house the homeless and feed the poor.

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