AI Writes 500K Words on 31 kWh, Matching 310 Human Hours of Energy

Based on Fable API pricing, generating 500K words costs about 31 kWh of electricity ($3.13), equivalent to 310 hours of human energy use, with smaller models even more efficient.

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