Hadn't thought of it---

[tangor]

Just ran across a Ripley's Believe It Or Not comics panel (250612)* that made this statement:

Saying "Please" and "Thank you" to ChatGPT costs millions of dollars in electricity.

Sounds so crazy it most likely is TRUE!

This suggests that USERS should be trained to have NO COURTESY in their on line lives to save a few pennies.

Whew!

*(yymmdd)

[Marshall]

Thank you for letting us know :o)

[ronin]

This suggests that USERS should be trained to have NO COURTESY in their on line lives to save a few pennies.

Or it suggests that Generative AI could include a bolt-on which intercepts phrases like "Thank you", "Thanks", "Many thanks" etc. and responds, non-generatively, with:

You're most welcome.

That wouldn't cost millions of dollars in electricity, would it?

[thecoalman]

What if it wants to respond "Kick bricks!"?

I made a joke once and it either didn't get it or ignored it. Had to prompt it to get response.

[tangor]

I made a joke once and it either didn't get it or ignored it. Had to prompt it to get response.

A sure sign AI is dumb as a box of rocks.

Even bad jokes deserve a groan!

(But that might cost a dollar three-eighty in electricity!)

[lucy24]

a dollar three-eighty

I knew tangor was of mature years, but had no idea he predated the decimalization of US currency.

[tangor]

I knew tangor was of mature years, but had no idea he predated the decimalization of US currency.

Could have asked Bing ... or used an AI search for the answer:

“A dollar three-eighty” means a small (or unknown) amount, given in a nonsense language. The term appears in the Texas Crude (1984) slang collection and it has been described (below) as “a weary old East Texas joke,” but the origin is unknown. Jazz composer Stan Kenton had a song titled “Opus a dollar three-eighty” in 1944. The term appears to date to at least 1931.

“A buck three-eighty” has been in use since at least 1972.

Used in my family since the 1940 (at least). My parents had a copy of the Kenton recording which you can hear:

[youtube.com...]

[lucy24]

FIle under: Today I Learned. Now, if only it had been “a dollar three-seventy-five”, which would translate to three pieces of eight :(

[phranque]

a childhood friend and i were using "a buck three eighty" before 1972.

[tangor]

Reminds me of how I got through Texas summers in my car, which had 255 air conditioning.*

_{*Two windows down at 55mph.}

[Brett_Tabke]

and now, deleting old emails can save water?
[msn.com...]

[tangor]

What? And deny all those AI bots a vast, fertile field of NEW CONTENT behind the scenes?

(ABOVE is a gag. Not a word of truth. I hope!)