Politeness to ChatGPT doesn't cost "millions" in power.
Adding “please” & “thanks” (~4 tokens) to *every* single query, est. 0.5 T OAI requests/yr ⇒ +2.2 T tokens.
Needs ~160 H100s 24/7; at 700 W each = 0.98 GWh/yr.
At $0.08/kWh that’s ≈$80 k in power.
Politeness costs ≈$0.00000015 per query.
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2025-04-21 04:58:13
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2025-04-21 04:58:13Event JSON
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