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[–] x0x7@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

Don't tell them that. They'll kidnap us an wire us into a human AI net all to generate pictures of boobs at lower cost.

[–] SethTaylor@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Save power: imagine less boobs.

[–] Arfman@aussie.zone 3 points 1 hour ago
[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 27 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I think I just burned a kilowatt of energy thanks to this meme. 🤤

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 10 points 18 hours ago (2 children)
[–] four@lemmy.zip 4 points 9 hours ago

No, they just imagined ~800 tits. Maybe even at once.

The image in the post also uses watts where watt-hours might be more applicable, so we are already more in the realm of memes than science

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 8 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Hour…

You’re being very generous. 😅

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago

Kilowatt is not a unit of energy.

[–] Engywuck@lemmy.zip 60 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (6 children)

Watt is not an energy unit.

[–] absentbird@lemmy.world 10 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

People say this, but almost every time the time interval is left off it's hours.

Either way, the numbers in this meme are clearly made up. Most image generation uses fewer than 10 watt hours.

[–] Engywuck@lemmy.zip 6 points 12 hours ago

People say this, but almost every time the time interval is left off it's hours.

This is new for me. Must be some engineering thing. I'm a physicist and and I feel guilty if I leave out some units just because, lol.

[–] m532@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 11 hours ago

Can confirm. Image generation with SDXL Turbo uses approx. 0.4 wH.

[–] flandish@lemmy.world 27 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

it’s about energy transfer though. transfer of titty whats to watts to my mind.

[–] HumanoidTyphoon@quokk.au 11 points 22 hours ago

That’s just science

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 22 hours ago (5 children)

Its continuous to keep the image active in your mind :)

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[–] Steve@startrek.website 4 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

And the text dosnt specify a time interval, whats your point?

[–] Engywuck@lemmy.zip 5 points 14 hours ago

That watts by themselves mean nothing with regard to energy consumption.

[–] REDACTED@infosec.pub 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Also, it literally is an energy unit used in measurements. It's meant as a continious power. Ie. Your active imagination consumes around 12 watts of power, not "rendering one image"

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
[–] REDACTED@infosec.pub 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Power is energy per unit of time. Energy is power over a period of time. A lightning strike is about 1 GJ of energy. But it happens in a split second, so the power is far higher, say 100 GW. That is the output of 100 nuclear power plants. But only for 0.01 seconds.

TNT is even more extreme. It can detonate in microseconds, so release its energy in a fraction of a millisecond. 1 kg contains about 4 MJ of energy, released in about 10 microseconds, a power of about 300 GW. That is about as much power as all of the USA combined needs.

[–] BlueMagma@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago

You are off by a factor of ~250, it's 1.21 Gigawatts

[–] joelfromaus@aussie.zone 7 points 21 hours ago

Watt would you suggest?

[–] essteeyou@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

How much does it cost if οne person imagines it, generates an image, shares that, and 10k people see the image, and avoid imagining it?

[–] crmsnbleyd@sopuli.xyz 4 points 8 hours ago

10k * 12 < 2 billion

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Must be nice, phantasics.

[–] Mambert@beehaw.org 15 points 21 hours ago (5 children)

Some of us have aphantasia. AI fat perky tits is an aid to the disabled.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 10 points 20 hours ago

BI (biological intelligence) has luckily devised ways to get photographic replications of real fat perky tits through transformations of electromagnetic waves right to your retinas and thus into your brain. And it still takes less energy than AI.

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[–] VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 22 hours ago

No wait time either. I did it while reading the sentence.

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 11 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

The AI provides exponentially better results, if you are me

[–] crmsnbleyd@sopuli.xyz 1 points 8 hours ago

skill issue

[–] apotheotic@beehaw.org 16 points 21 hours ago

I really enjoyed those fat perky tits thanks fossilesque

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 12 points 21 hours ago

I would have preferred a pic of the titties rather than a fibre optic brain.

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