What do you think about ChatGPT?

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The pros and cons regarding ease, information, ethics and knowledge have been majorly discussed, but what about nature and environment? ChatGPT and other AI model systems developed by big conglomerates in response to the former is depleting resources. 

"According to a recent report by the Associated Press, AI systems like ChatGPT cause data centers to consume about 500 milliliters of water each time a user poses 5 to 50 prompts or questions. Considering that the chatbot has been the fastest-growing tech site visited on earth since the creation of the internet, that's not an insignificant amount of water, prompting experts and environmentalists to ring alarm bells.

Already to the west of Iowa, the North Dakota Express pipeline is creating issues at Lake Oahe. And ChatGPT trains its GPT-4 models on data centers located near corn fields west of Des Moines, Iowa, the report notes, where water from the Raccoon and Des Moines rivers is used. “It (GPT-4) was made by these extraordinary engineers in California, but it was really made in Iowa,” Microsoft’s president, Brad Smith said according to AP.

Since then, the AI revolution has required more water to run its power-hungry hardware —both to power them up and to cool them down. According to official reports, Microsoft's water consumption spiked 34 percent from 2021 to 2022, likely driven by AI-related computing demands. Google, its main competitor, reported a 20% growth in water consumption during the same period."

- https://decrypt.co/155965/artificial-int...ta-centers.

If people are really worried about data centers consuming power/water, then they should ban crypto and shut down their data centers.