
Wubby joked that he takes less showers to make up for his AI usage. I decided to actually see if that could be true.
A ten minute shower uses roughly 21 gallons of water.
A ChatGPT prompt uses ~17oz (128oz are in a gal). Source: https://www.businessenergyuk.com/knowledge-hub/chatgpt-energy-consumption-visualized/
Let’s say Wubby makes 15 ChatGPT prompts a day, that’s ~2 gallons of water used. From the sounds of it, Wubby showers probably ~4 times a week (being generous), and I can’t imagine he’s spending more than 10 minutes in there.
So then Wubby uses ~84 gallons of water a week on showers, and 14 gallons a week on AI. If he misses one shower it saves more water than a week of estimated AI usage. He’s out of line but he’s right.
Disclaimer: I’m about as anti-AI as it gets so I loathe to admit it but Wubby is “making up for it” by not showering.