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Our Politeness Costs Millions of Dollars To ChatGPT
“Thank You” & “Please” are the Culprit Behind
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Humans are humans. Even with the AI Chatbots!!!
Being gentle and thankful is so rooted in our behaviour that we can’t get rid of it, and we shouldn’t either.
But imagine us saying a heartfelt “Thank you” or begging an answer by typing a sincere “Please” can cost millions to someone…
This is what Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, has revealed in one of his tweets.
But What Makes Our Politeness So Costly for ChatGPT?
The answer to it is in the form of “ELECTRICITY”
Behind every courteous response there lies a high-performance AI model powered by energy-hungry data centers.
These facilities consume vast amounts of electricity, not just to do the work, but to keep the system cool enough to keep working.
Well, we can now say that manners do have a material cost, and it’s measured in megawatts!!!
