AI-generating images takes, like, zero resources. Think about it. My computer uses very little energy. It couldn’t even heat my room if I ran it constantly (I accidentally tried by forgetting to turn on the heater). It can create an image in 20 seconds. There is no magic in AI that increases its wattage somehow. Also, I don’t know if you noticed yet, but computers don’t have a water input plug. Using a dishwasher once uses more electricity than generating thousands of images, and more water than infinite images.
OpenAI, and others, lose money on every prompt even with paid subscriptions. The resources will still be wasted by them but to cost them money is priceless.
You could’ve made this image using paint in under 5 minutes, did you really need to waste half a liter of water to have AI generate it?
AI-generating images takes, like, zero resources. Think about it. My computer uses very little energy. It couldn’t even heat my room if I ran it constantly (I accidentally tried by forgetting to turn on the heater). It can create an image in 20 seconds. There is no magic in AI that increases its wattage somehow. Also, I don’t know if you noticed yet, but computers don’t have a water input plug. Using a dishwasher once uses more electricity than generating thousands of images, and more water than infinite images.
OpenAI, and others, lose money on every prompt even with paid subscriptions. The resources will still be wasted by them but to cost them money is priceless.