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@jonippolito@digipres.club
2026-08-18 13:52:36

Generative AI’s per-query footprint can be small compared to flying, eating meat, or even Zoom. Until agents show up and compute goes through the roof.
How I updated my AI footprint calculator accordingly jonippolito.substack.com/p/age

Chart titled “How much more energy do heavier AI prompts use?” Lightbulbs represent relative compute/energy: Simple 1×, Complex 9×, Reasoning 30×, and Agentic 100×. Example tasks progress from telling a golf joke to writing a vegan picnic menu, comparing home insulation options, and buying garden supplies and booking a landscaper.