Back in the 1980s, I'm sure Philip Morris' claimed similar numbers on cigarettes (not) causing cancer as R.J. Reynolds did.
I also wouldn't be surprised if Aramco and Rosneft gave similar estimates on global warming and oil's role in it.
Back in the 1980s, I'm sure Philip Morris' claimed similar numbers on cigarettes (not) causing cancer as R.J. Reynolds did.
I also wouldn't be surprised if Aramco and Rosneft gave similar estimates on global warming and oil's role in it.
"Does smoking cause cancer?" and "Does burning fossil fuels cause global warming?" are a different category from "How much energy does it take to run a prompt?"
The prompt energy question is something that companies can both actively measure and need to actively measure in order to plan their budgets. It's their job to know the answer.
Those other questions, sadly, fall more into the category of it's their job not to know the answer.
You're not suggesting that Philip Morris and ExxonMobil didn't know the actual answers to both of those questions, surely? It's a known, easily verifiable fact that they did. They just lied about them.
I am saying that it is necessary for OpenAI to know the exact correct answer to the question about prompt energy costs in order to effectively run their business.