[pyman]

You didn't click on the link I shared. I'm talking about the cost to produce the response, not the request. One AI prompt uses around 10 times more CPU and energy than a Google search.

If ChatGPT handles 1 billion queries a day, that's like the energy cost of 10 billion Google searches every single day.

Someone has to pay the electricity bill. We all know it's not free like you claim.

[112233]

you also didn't click on the link the poster you replied to shared...

seconding openrouter and fal, having to muck around with idiosyncrasies of each vendor just to try their "bestest model" and find out it does not satisfy your requirements is a chore.

[pyman]

I'd stick with Google Search until Microsoft figures out how to handle a billion OpenAI requests a day without draining the water supply of entire cities. Because in Chile, for example, people are struggling.

[ruthvik947]

https://andymasley.substack.com/p/a-cheat-sheet-for-conversa...

[pyman]

Sorry, but I'm not interested in blog posts from lobbyist in Washington, the same place pushing to build mega datacentres with Nvidia servers in developing countries.

Also, Andy's blog post doesn't mention infrastructure-scale impacts. Even small actions add up, and as AI scales exponentially, so does the demand on energy and water. That part gets left out.

I'll stick with the research papers published by AI researchers [1] and investigative journalists [2], but thanks for sharing your link, it gives me a good idea of what lobbyists in Washington aren't saying.

[1] https://eng.ox.ac.uk/case-studies/the-true-cost-of-water-guz...

[2] https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-ai-impacts-data-cent...

[ruthvik947]

Not sure if you actually read the article but infrastructural impact is clearly discussed.

You sent over two links about the environmental impact of data centres. There is no denial that these are burdensome on the environment; the question is to what degree AI and its applications contribute to that effect. If you wanted to argue in good faith you'd be advocating for everyone to stop watching Netflix, because video streaming generates a far greater demand than AI currently does, but I don't see you doing this.