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Re:Generative AI uses more energy on non-English text by ImprobableTruth on Saturday November 14, 2026 @03:21PM (#50500431)
The former (it's well known that non-English languages don't tokenize well), but it's nice to put a concrete number to the impact.
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Re:Generative AI uses more energy on non-English text by yipinwong on Saturday November 14, 2026 @04:14PM (#50500879)
ty. so basically a formalization so others can build upon this idea.
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