Inspired by another post.
Quick sources.
According to Google, a single search requires about 0.0003 kWh of energy.
https://www.rwdigital.ca/blog/how-much-energy-do-google-search-and-chatgpt-use/
Each ChatGPT query consumes an estimated 2.9 Wh of electricity...
Edit: I'm an idiot for not even considering conversions. I simply pasted the numbers from the sources. Apologies.
0.0003 kWh is 0.3 Wh, and 2.9 Wh is 0.0029 kWh.
I think the regular search is effectively one-tenth a chatgpt prompt.
...according to a simple calculator, and a lot of commenters who've now accidentally made this funnier.
I'm not an electrician.
Okay, after some more rabbling, here's some edits. Take your pick:
It bothers me so much that the two numbers are in different units
0.0003 of anything should not be measured in kilo-units
While I do agree with you, kWh is what's on my electric bill. Meaning it's easier to relate to.
I guess it should have been expressed in base unit without SI-prefix. Because writing 0.3x10^-3 kWh just seem silly.
Aren't they both in Watt Hours of different magnitudes, so same unit different magnitudes.
Yes, but it's obviously done that way to make the numbers look more different at first glance
What, misdirection for the sake of humor? No one would ever do that!
Looks more like misdirection for the sake of misdirection to me.
Hmm, great point. I simply copied the figures from the sources. I dunno why I didn't consider converting one of them.
Edited post to add conversions. Thank you.
But now I just think the meme is even funnier for a new accidental reason.
I thought the joke was about people not being able to convert. It took a couple of clock cycles on the old meat CPU to figure out that it was an anti AI meme.
Samesies