This is downright terrifying...
this post was submitted on 09 Aug 2025
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I wonder how many messages you'd have to send to your GPT-partner in a year to spend more water/energy than it takes to keep a human alive?
Well, if we take the average amount of water loss per message at 0.3 mL, and the average water consumption (low end) at 2.6 L per day per person, we're looking at 8,666 messages a day.
You'd have to send out 3.163 million messages in a year to equate to the amount of water someone needs for a year.
You'd have to send out approximately 250 million messages before your looking at the low end of the amount of water you'd need to keep someone alive for their entire lives.
Thanks for doing the math, I just wasn't feeling it today. Cheers!