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"[...] the average [ChatGPT] query uses about 0.34 watt-hours, about what an oven would use in a little over one second, or a high-efficiency lightbulb would use in a couple of minutes. It also uses about 0.000085 gallons of water" - Sam Altman in blog.samaltman.com/the-gentle-s...

This blog post reads as delusional.

The bit that I find interesting is actual numbers on energy usage for a ChatGPT prompt

built this over the weekend — these estimates are very very different than what folks have assumed… think we can trust them?

would also be interested if you had any feedback on this tool in general, i’m not nearly as well educated on this topic as you are

combination of things, there's an info section at the bottom of the site with some links... but it has an optimistic, neutral, and pessimistic calculation modes that gives a very wide spread to help folks think about it the neutral mode just assumes the 3 watt stat that most people reference/claim

The 3 watt hour claim was two years ago. The AI world has completely changed in two years.

I am not certain that it has become radically more efficient. Model size and prompt length have increased. GPU has gotten more efficient but not in terms of energy consumption.

Yes, I'm aware. I think it is much much much smaller on average, but I chose to default to that because the tool's intent is to just paint a clear/simple picture that even if that number is true... it still isn't a signficant or meaningful impact