Jomega@lemmy.world to Fuck AI@lemmy.world · 6 days agoAn observation I've made about the usual apologists.imagemessage-square76linkfedilinkarrow-up1498arrow-down119
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minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down9·6 days agoEven if we ignore that that gaming companies have a larger energy footprint, it’s still less energy. Let’s assume its a regular corporation with only accountants and laptops: 6k employees 20 kwatt hours per square foot https://esource.bizenergyadvisor.com/article/large-offices 150 square feet per employee https://unspot.com/blog/how-much-office-space-do-we-need-per-employee/#%3A~%3Atext=The+needed+workspace+may+vary+in+accordance 18,000,000,000 watt hours vs 10,000,000,000 watt hours for ChatGPT training https://www.washington.edu/news/2023/07/27/how-much-energy-does-chatgpt-use/
Even if we ignore that that gaming companies have a larger energy footprint, it’s still less energy. Let’s assume its a regular corporation with only accountants and laptops:
6k employees 20 kwatt hours per square foot https://esource.bizenergyadvisor.com/article/large-offices 150 square feet per employee https://unspot.com/blog/how-much-office-space-do-we-need-per-employee/#%3A~%3Atext=The+needed+workspace+may+vary+in+accordance
18,000,000,000 watt hours
vs
10,000,000,000 watt hours for ChatGPT training
https://www.washington.edu/news/2023/07/27/how-much-energy-does-chatgpt-use/