One qualification, I don't think it changes the point, should be that all these comparisons are for an average American - the extreme end of carbon footprint scale. Even top 1% Indians will have lower carbon footprints owing to lower flights, driving, and meat consumption.
And more importantly, although individual footprint is negligible, we should push Technology companies to reduce their rising emissions and electricity demand which is becoming critical in regions where they have a major infrastructure presence (northern virginia, ireland).
Agreed with both the points you're making... But, like you said, it doesn't change the main point that individual use of ChatGPT isn't the place where any of this thought process needs to be focussed.
Just today, Sam Altman has stated in an article that the per query energy usage of ChatGPT is 0.3Wh (which this article states as the most likely estimate but the rest of the article uses a 10x number)
One qualification, I don't think it changes the point, should be that all these comparisons are for an average American - the extreme end of carbon footprint scale. Even top 1% Indians will have lower carbon footprints owing to lower flights, driving, and meat consumption.
And more importantly, although individual footprint is negligible, we should push Technology companies to reduce their rising emissions and electricity demand which is becoming critical in regions where they have a major infrastructure presence (northern virginia, ireland).
Agreed with both the points you're making... But, like you said, it doesn't change the main point that individual use of ChatGPT isn't the place where any of this thought process needs to be focussed.
Just today, Sam Altman has stated in an article that the per query energy usage of ChatGPT is 0.3Wh (which this article states as the most likely estimate but the rest of the article uses a 10x number)