Why Every AI Energy Estimate Disagrees, and Why the Numbers Still Matter

Why Every AI Energy Estimate Disagrees, and Why the Numbers Still Matter

Ask how much a single chatbot query costs the planet and the answers scatter wildly: anywhere from a tenth of a watt-hour to several watt-hours, and from five drops of water to roughly 45 millilitres. None of those figures is invented. Each measures a different thing, on a different model, inside a different data centre … Read more