Being polite to AI assistants like ChatGPT, by using "please" and "thank you," significantly increases operational costs for companies like OpenAI. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman estimates these nic…
Being polite to AI assistants like ChatGPT, by using "please" and "thank you," significantly increases operational costs for companies like OpenAI. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman estimates these niceties cost the company millions of dollars due to the increased computational load and energy consumption required for each interaction.
AI models demand substantial power from global data centers, with each ChatGPT-4 query using ten times more electricity than a standard Google search. This energy usage, coupled with the water needed to cool servers, contributes to a considerable environmental impact. Experts predict AI could account for a quarter of America's total power consumption by 2030, highlighting the growing resource demands of AI technology.