AI and Energy Cost of Prompts: What Each Query Actually Burns

End-of-lesson check

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1. What resource is used to cool data centers that run AI models like ChatGPT?

   1. Air conditioning units
   2. Drinking water from local rivers
   3. Electric fans
   4. Oil-based cooling systems

2. Why is sending three complex questions in a single message better than sending fifteen simple questions separately?

   1. Single messages are automatically deleted by the system
   2. Each query triggers a new computation cycle, so batching reduces total energy use
   3. AI systems give longer answers to shorter questions
   4. Complex questions confuse the AI and waste energy

3. What is the main goal of understanding how much energy AI queries use?

   1. To increase the number of queries users send
   2. To help users become more thoughtful about their AI usage
   3. To make users feel guilty about using AI
   4. To encourage users to stop using AI completely

4. In the example given in the lesson, how many daily AI users were at the school?

   1. 200 users
   2. 500 users
   3. 100 users
   4. 50 users

5. What does the lesson recommend doing with your last 10 prompts?

   1. Delete them to save storage space
   2. Look for ways to combine three of them into one prompt
   3. Print them out for your teacher
   4. Share them with classmates for feedback

6. Which of the following is a key term from this lesson?

   1. Algorithm
   2. Latency
   3. Encryption
   4. Sustainability

7. Why might a student want to ask an AI about energy usage or water consumption?

   1. To make the AI respond faster
   2. To learn current facts about AI's environmental impact
   3. To confuse the AI with unrelated questions
   4. To test if the AI can lie

8. What is a data center?

   1. A portable battery charger
   2. A building filled with computers that store data and run programs
   3. A wireless internet router
   4. A type of computer screen

9. If a school has 200 students using AI daily, what concept does the lesson want you to consider?

   1. Which AI model is the most popular
   2. Which student uses AI the most
   3. How the costs of individual queries add up across many users
   4. How much money the school spends on internet

10. What should you NOT feel after learning about AI's energy costs?

    1. Motivation to batch your prompts
    2. Awareness of your impact
    3. Curiosity about how to use AI more efficiently
    4. Guilt about using AI

11. Which prompt strategy uses less energy and water?

    1. Sending one detailed question with multiple parts
    2. Sending five separate one-sentence questions
    3. Asking the same question five times
    4. Writing questions in all capital letters

12. What environmental concern is directly related to data centers running AI models?

    1. Water consumption for cooling systems
    2. Air pollution from server fans
    3. Noise pollution from keyboards
    4. Light pollution from computer screens

13. What does it mean to be a 'thoughtful' AI user according to this lesson?

    1. Understanding the resource cost and using AI efficiently
    2. Never asking the AI any questions
    3. Only using AI for school homework
    4. Using AI as much as possible

14. The lesson mentions asking specific AIs about different topics. What might you ask Perplexity?

    1. The studies behind the '500ml of water per email' claim
    2. How to write a poem
    3. The weather in Tokyo
    4. The latest sports scores

15. What is the relationship between prompt length and energy usage?

    1. The number of separate prompts matters more than individual length
    2. Longer prompts always use more energy
    3. Prompt length has no impact on energy usage
    4. Shorter prompts always use more energy