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Comparisons and myths

5 reviewed answers. More are being checked.

• Does asking ChatGPT use 10 times more energy than a Google search?◐ PARTLYOut of date
• Does ChatGPT use a bottle of water for every email it writes?? NOBODY KNOWSNot for the model that was measured. For today’s, nobody has published it
• Is asking ChatGPT worse than streaming Netflix?✕ NONo: an hour of streaming is about 41 to 230 questions
• Is using AI worse for the climate than taking a flight?✕ NONo, for ordinary chatting
• Does saying “please” and “thank you” to ChatGPT waste energy?◐ PARTLYA little. The “tens of millions” was a quip