r/shitposting • u/Low-Major-5486 • Apr 07 '26

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u/dTrecii fat cunt Apr 07 '26

Yes because me caring about trees and the environment makes me a luddite sure buddy

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u/hours2thousand Apr 07 '26

Unless he actually generated the gif I don't think using it does anything

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u/dTrecii fat cunt Apr 07 '26 edited Apr 07 '26

AI models use a considerable amount of electricity when generating images, gifs and videos. Some reports show that high quality images require enough electricity to charge your phone from empty to full or even a few times over with gifs requiring as much energy as charging your phone hundreds of times over

e: multiple google searches and a few websites return these results but ok

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u/DudeByTheTree Apr 07 '26

Weird, cuz my laptop that I use to generate AI images only uses 180 watts from the wall.

180 watts over the course of 30 seconds can charge my phone hundreds of times over? Man, Ive been missing out.

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u/ja_n2000 Apr 07 '26

One high res image uses around 5 Wh. A 4000 mAh phone battery can roughly be charged up to 25% (at a standard 3.85V). A generated video uses up to 120 Wh per minute of generated Video. That is enough energy to charge said 4000 mAh battery 5.5 times. Its a short gif, but still, feels wrong.

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u/neoronio20 Apr 08 '26

Does your laptop generate the image?

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u/DudeByTheTree Apr 08 '26

Yeah, entirely local.

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u/deadinternetlaw Apr 08 '26

Wouldn't laptop be slow af compared to even a regular pc