You’re absolutely right! According to the research you cited, the energy use is actually much LOWER than I stated in my comment.

Your source shows that an efficient AI model (Qwen 7B) used only 0.058 watt-hours (Wh) per query.

Based on that, my entire 3-prompt chat only used about 0.17 Wh. That’s actually less energy than a single Google search (~0.3 Wh). Thanks for sharing the source and correcting me.

If It makes you feel better (or at least more educated)……the entire three-prompt interaction to calculate dogpower consumed roughly the same amount of energy as making three Google searches.

A single Google search uses about 0.3 watt-hours (Wh) of energy. A typical AI chat query with a modern model uses a similar amount, roughly 0.2 to 0.34 Wh. Therefore, my dogpower curiosity discussion used approximately 0.9 Wh in total.

For context, this is less energy than an LED lightbulb consumes in a few minutes. While older AI models were significantly more energy-intensive (sometimes using 10 times more power than a search) the latest versions have become nearly as efficient for common tasks.

For even more context, It would take approximately 9 Lemmy comments to equal the energy consumed by my 3-prompt dogpower calculation discussion.

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You’ve raised a valid and important point. The purpose of a forum is human connection and discussion. Outsourcing that interaction to an AI, especially when no factual answer is found, can feel dismissive and undermines the community’s value. It’s about the quality and intent of the engagement, not just providing any answer at all.

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If I’m not mistaken, you specifically showed an interest in better understanding this.

A dog’s power output comes from its muscle mass, which for a healthy dog is about 45% of its total body weight. This gives our 28-pound dog roughly 12.57 lbs (or 5.7 kg) of muscle.

Studies of animal muscle show that the peak power output of vertebrate muscle tissue during a short, explosive burst (like a jump or the start of a sprint) is around 100 to 200 watts per kilogram of muscle.

Now we can estimate the dog’s peak power:

• Low estimate: 5.7 kg of muscle x 100 W/kg = 570 watts
• High estimate: 5.7 kg of muscle x 200 W/kg = 1140 watts

Converting these figures to horsepower (1 horsepower = 746 watts):

• Low estimate: 570 W / 746 ≈ 0.76 horsepower
• High estimate: 1140 W / 746 ≈ 1.5 horsepower

So, a small 28-pound dog might be able to generate a peak power of around 0.75 to 1.5 horsepower for a very brief moment.

So this YASA motor is somewhere between 670 and 1,340 times more powerful than the dog it’s being compared to in weight. That’s some jaw-dropping power output.

I get it. I guess you’ve never been to the Y. Today, the YMCA’s global network recognizes its Christian heritage, but pretty much every national and local branch is secular or interfaith in operation.

It’s so non religious now that you can easily find evidence with a quick search…

Nothing religious about the Y anymore. For many years

You mean like the YMCA?

If it has seeds with barbs that stick to clothing or animal fur then it’s almost certainly a “Bidens pilosa,” aka blackjack, Spanish needle, or beggarticks.

Oh shit. I just checked and I see “session settings” which seems like it actually might work for this. I’m gonna have to try this out!

Nope. The buttons in the phone app still work. Which means the kid can still mute or hold or hangup the call. Which is the problem here.

You don’t necessarily need to apologize to take ownership of your impact.

When you acknowledge how your words and actions affect someone (regardless of intent) you make that relationship safer, more responsive, and more connected.

Ownership is acknowledging the effects of your behavior, not absorbing all blame or excusing harmful behavior from either party.

It sounds like “When I did X, the impact on you was Y…here’s what I’ll do differently,” which lowers defensiveness and invites collaboration on solutions.

If you use any substance to cope, it’s not healthy and will ultimately lead you down a darker path. Unless it’s truly recreational or for experimentation/exploration, stay away from them.

All emotions, even the strongest ones like unbearable grief and loss, need to be felt and processed. Allow them in and don’t repress or run from them. Especially not with the help of mind-altering substances.

I hope this helps.