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[–] x0x7@lemmy.world 3 points 12 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 5 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Save power: imagine less boobs.

[–] Arfman@aussie.zone 4 points 11 hours ago
[–] Engywuck@lemmy.zip 63 points 1 day ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (6 children)

Watt is not an energy unit.

[–] MrSmith@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

That's, like, your opinion, man.

[–] absentbird@lemmy.world 12 points 22 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 7 points 21 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 21 hours ago

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

[–] flandish@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] HumanoidTyphoon@quokk.au 12 points 1 day ago

That’s just science

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 1 day ago (5 children)

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

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[–] joelfromaus@aussie.zone 7 points 1 day ago

Watt would you suggest?

[–] Steve@startrek.website 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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

[–] Engywuck@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 day ago

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

[–] REDACTED@infosec.pub 2 points 1 day 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 21 hours ago (1 children)
[–] REDACTED@infosec.pub 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago (2 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.

[–] REDACTED@infosec.pub 1 points 9 hours ago

Power is energy per unit of time

Thanks.

[–] BlueMagma@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 hours ago

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

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] four@lemmy.zip 5 points 19 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 1 day ago (1 children)

Hour…

You’re being very generous. 😅

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 6 points 21 hours ago

Kilowatt is not a unit of energy.

[–] VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 1 day ago

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

[–] Mambert@beehaw.org 16 points 1 day 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 1 day 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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[–] apotheotic@beehaw.org 16 points 1 day ago

I really enjoyed those fat perky tits thanks fossilesque

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

The AI provides exponentially better results, if you are me

[–] crmsnbleyd@sopuli.xyz 0 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Yup agreed, but mostly it's the aphantasia, you insensitive prick

[–] essteeyou@lemmy.world 3 points 22 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 18 hours ago

10k * 12 < 2 billion

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 day ago

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

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Must be nice, phantasics.

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