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Re:A cheat sheet for why using ChatGPT is not bad for the en... by TobTobXX on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @04:55PM (#43837960)
> Just because you divide a number by a lot to get a small number doesn't make the original number smaller.

A bus emits more CO2 than a car. Yet it is more friendly to the environment because it transports more people.

> Those are 200M/d prompts that wouldn't happen without the training.

Sure, but at least a few millions are deriving value from it. We know this because they pay. So this value wouldn't have been generated without the investment. That's how economics work.

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