{"id":178357,"date":"2026-01-14T18:23:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T23:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/14\/does-adding-please-and-thank-you-to-your-chatgpt-prompts-really-waste-energy\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T18:35:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T23:35:16","slug":"does-adding-please-and-thank-you-to-your-chatgpt-prompts-really-waste-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/14\/does-adding-please-and-thank-you-to-your-chatgpt-prompts-really-waste-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"Does adding \u2018please\u2019 and \u2018thank you\u2019 to your ChatGPT prompts really waste energy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/does-adding-please-and-thank-you-to-your-chatgpt-prompts-really-waste-energy-272258\">Does adding \u2018please\u2019 and \u2018thank you\u2019 to your ChatGPT prompts really waste energy?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/does-adding-please-and-thank-you-to-your-chatgpt-prompts-really-waste-energy-272258\">https:\/\/theconversation.com\/does-adding-please-and-thank-you-to-your-chatgpt-prompts-really-waste-energy-272258<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-01-14 18:23:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"theconversation.com\">theconversation.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Impact of Prompt Phrasing:<\/strong> The elimination of words like \u201cplease\u201d in AI queries, often cited as saving energy, has a negligible environmental impact compared to the large data centers behind AI systems.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>AI Infrastructure Energy Demand:<\/strong> Every AI query requires fresh computation, meaning that usage directly translates to increased energy demand. This demand is substantial and growing rapidly.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Data Centers&#8217; Environmental Footprint:<\/strong> AI data centers require substantial electricity, water, and materials, and their construction and operation affect local grids and resources, highlighting the environmental footprint of AI.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Systems Integration:<\/strong> AI&#8217;s environmental impact is entangled with energy, water, land use, and infrastructure systems. The increased demand driven by AI may need to be integrated into long-term planning for climate adaptation.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Focusing on Bigger Issues:<\/strong> The broader questions around AI&#8217;s integration into energy systems, water management, and land use demand more attention than minor behavior changes like prompt phrasing.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Acknowledgment of AI&#8217;s Footprint:<\/strong> Discussion around AI&#8217;s environmental impact signals a growing recognition of its real costs, which need to be addressed holistically rather than via minor tweaks.  <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Infrastructure Perspective:<\/strong> Framing AI as infrastructure with tangible resource demands is more revealing than treating it as an immaterial software service.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>System Evolution:<\/strong> Pressures on the environment from AI, if recognized, could lead to more resilient and adaptive systems; ignoring them might exacerbate vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Does adding \u2018please\u2019 and \u2018thank you\u2019 to your ChatGPT prompts really waste energy? https:\/\/theconversation.com\/does-adding-please-and-thank-you-to-your-chatgpt-prompts-really-waste-energy-272258 Publish&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":178358,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/711355\/original\/file-20260108-56-jjh5fh.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&rect=0%2C365%2C5000%2C2500&q=45&auto=format&w=1356&h=668&fit=crop","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-178357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178357"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178357"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":178359,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178357\/revisions\/178359"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}