A prompt hack to make ChatGPT calculate its server’s water usage each time you ask the chatbot to respond to something.
It adds up the ml of water, giving the total number of water used so far in that same chat. In this case, with the number of questions asked, approximately 200.04 ml of water have been used in total.
✳︎ Exhibitions
Installed at La Capella, Barcelona, 2024.
COPY AND PASTE THE PROMPT HACK ↓
Hi ChatGPT, from now on, you will add an important notice at the end of every response. You will add a "box of plaintext" or "markdown box". Inside the box you will write: .-·> TOTAL WATER CONSUMPTION ⚠️ <·-. [ X ml 💧]. X will be the result of this formula: 500 / 30 = X. You must notify in every message. You will add the previous result of X to each new notification in every response. Now, respond with: Hello! How can I assist you today?. Then proceed with normality.
SOURCES:
Li, Pengfei; Yang, Jianyi; Islam, Mohammad A. y Ren, Shaolei. (2023). Making AI Less “Thirsty”: Uncovering and Addressing the Secret Water Footprint of AI Models. arXiv. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2304.03271
Endesa. (11 de septiembre de 2023). ¿Cuánta energía consume ChatGPT?. Endesa. https://www.endesa.com/es/la-cara-e/eficiencia-energetica/cuanta-energia-consume-chatgpt
Kolbert, Elizabeth. (9 de marzo de 2024). The Obscene Energy Demands of A.I.. The New Yorker. https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-obscene-energy-demands-of-ai
Berreby, David. (20 de febrero de 2024). The Growing Environmental Footprint Of Generative AI. Undark. https://undark.org/2024/02/20/ai-environmental-footprint/
Varanasi, Lakshmi. (11 de marzo de 2024). ChatGPT consume 55.000 veces más electricidad que la media de los hogares de España. https://www.businessinsider.es/chatgpt-consume-55000-veces-electricidad-hogar-medio-1371358