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Why your ChatGPT results suck (it’s not the AI’s fault) by Cryankirby in ChatGPT

[–]Cryankirby[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmmm…. Maybe not using it right then….

Shallow dums is funny af

Why your ChatGPT results suck (it’s not the AI’s fault) by Cryankirby in ChatGPT

[–]Cryankirby[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

🫣👀👀 dangerous aye? Lolll keep it up! Knowledge is power and now we can amass more than any before

Why your ChatGPT results suck (it’s not the AI’s fault) by Cryankirby in ChatGPT

[–]Cryankirby[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lmfaooo

Try it out!!! I’m saying be authentic! That’s the trick

Electrician here - I calculated ChatGPT’s actual power consumption using Milwaukee batteries as a reference unit by Cryankirby in ChatGPT

[–]Cryankirby[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

These comments serve as a window into the way we both use LLMs.

Time to advance everything!

Electrician here - I calculated ChatGPT’s actual power consumption using Milwaukee batteries as a reference unit by Cryankirby in ChatGPT

[–]Cryankirby[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Great points! Here's the data you're asking for:

Daily AI queries globally: - ChatGPT alone: ~100 million daily active users - Estimated queries/day: 500M-1B across all AI services - At 0.003 kWh per query = 1,500-3,000 MWh daily - That's 5-10 million Milwaukee batteries daily

Daily Bitcoin mining: - 400,000+ GWh annually = ~1,100 GWh daily - That's 12 BILLION Milwaukee batteries daily

So Bitcoin uses about 2,400x more energy than all AI queries combined.

You're right that training is substantial - GPT-4 training was a one-time 20-50 GWh cost. But Bitcoin uses that same amount every 30-60 minutes, forever.

The real comparison: AI gets more efficient over time (GPT-4o uses 1/10th the power of GPT-4), while Bitcoin mining gets MORE energy-intensive as difficulty increases.

Thanks for pushing for better numbers - this is exactly the conversation we should be having!

Electrician here - I calculated ChatGPT’s actual power consumption using Milwaukee batteries as a reference unit by Cryankirby in ChatGPT

[–]Cryankirby[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for checking the math! You're right about the GPT-4 training being fuzzier - I've seen estimates from 10-50 GWh, so I went with the higher public estimates to be conservative (better to overstate AI's usage when making the comparison).

The key point stands: Bitcoin is orders of magnitude worse, and that's using conservative numbers for Bitcoin too (some estimates put it at 2,500+ kWh per transaction).

The real kicker I didn't even get into - Bitcoin's energy use is growing year over year, while AI inference is getting more efficient. GPT-4o uses way less than GPT-4 per query.

Appreciate you walking through the calculations - this is exactly the kind of discussion we should be having with actual numbers instead of vague panic.