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This is the most insane fact about AI that I have seen... Everyone is talking about the energy consumption of AI, but no one is talking about water. Yes... water. The amount of water that AI processing units use is insane. According a report by The Washington Post, if you ask ChatGPT to write you a 100 word email, it uses 519 millilitres of water... That is about 1 bottle of water. ChatGPT alone has over 200 million users... If you assume each user writes 200 words - That would equal 207 million litres of water PER DAY. & that is just ChatGPT - it doesn't include Meta, Google, Claude, etc. This would make sense, as companies like Microsoft have seen their water consumption skyrocket in the past few years. I will mention that the article I read is not heavily sourced, and there are many questions I still have. EG: Is there water actually being used, or is it just constantly recycled? What do you think? #Asknostr #AI #technology