Saying Thank You to a LLM Isn't Free – Measuring the Energy Cost of Politeness

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vanschelven · 1d ago

Ah yes, the classic individualization of responsibility move. Corporations train billion-parameter models, run fleets of GPUs 24/7, and now it's my fault for saying "thanks"? Got it. I’ll be sure to grunt monosyllabically next time to save the planet.

yawpitch · 1d ago

I, for one, will still not be rude to our new artificial overlords.

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Saying Thank You to a LLM Isn't Free – Measuring the Energy Cost of Politeness

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