Prompting CoPilot with the question, "How much energy does one ChatGPT simple query consume compared to one simple Google search?" I didn't define "simple" but ChatGPT will apply its own definition to both platforms. Here's what it came up with. Google Search: A single Google search consumes about 0.0003 kWh (kilowatt-hours) of energy. To put… Continue reading AI LLMs Take 10,000x the Power Of Google for a Simple Query.
Category: Education and Learning
AI & Education Thought #3
A slight change to my first two AI Thought posts, I will focus on how AI influences Education. So, consider this quote from the book Nexus by Harari. For millennia human beings have lived inside the dreams of other humans. In the coming decades we might find ourselves living inside the dreams of an alien… Continue reading AI & Education Thought #3
Ensure You Have Premium Fuel in Your Mental Tank When Studying
Consider how much energy you use when studying being that a single ChatGPT query consumes around 2.9 watt-hours (Wh), while a Google search uses approximately 0.3 Wh, making ChatGPT about 10 times more energy-intensive per query (The Wall Street Journal, July 2024). It is only human nature to take the path of least resistance and… Continue reading Ensure You Have Premium Fuel in Your Mental Tank When Studying
Have a Dream Poem
Post this poem where you work and study and live by it. Have a dream. Think it through. Make that dream work for you. Dream that dream. Believe it too. And soon you will see that dream come true.
Your Thoughts on AI: AI Thought #2
It is important to note that I am not an alarmist making every transformative shift sounds catastrophic and if we don’t act today (which usually involves the alarmist selling something) then we are all doomed. I am, to use the term Hans Rosling (Factfulness) labels himself, a Realist. Therefore, please view my questions prompts as… Continue reading Your Thoughts on AI: AI Thought #2
