--- title: How much energy does AI use compared to humans?... description: Scientists from the University of California-Irvine and MIT published a paper earlier this year on the open access site arXiv.org that shakes up energy use... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-much-energy-does-ai-use-compared-to-humans-surprising-study-ignites-controversy-1hufyoxu1 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How much energy does AI use compared to humans? Surprising study ignites controversy | daily.dev og:description: Scientists from the University of California-Irvine and MIT published a paper earlier this year on the open access site arXiv.org that shakes up energy use... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-much-energy-does-ai-use-compared-to-humans-surprising-study-ignites-controversy-1hufyoxu1 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/1HUfyoxu1.png og:image:alt: How much energy does AI use compared to humans? Surprising study ignites controversy og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How much energy does AI use compared to humans? Surprising study ignites controversy **[Venture Beat](https://daily.dev/sources/venturebeat)** · 6 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Scientists from the University of California-Irvine and MIT published a paper earlier this year on the open access site arXiv.org that shakes up energy use assumptions of generative AI models. When producing a page of text, an AI system such as ChatGPT emits 130 to 1500 times fewer carbon dioxide equivalents (CO2e) compared to a human. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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