- The Cost of AI It takes a lot of energy / to train an AI. // OpenAI's ChatGPT-4 needed an

多くのエネルギーが必要だ / AI を訓練するには//

OpenAI の ChatGPT-4 は、estimated 7,200 megawatt hours / to complete its training / over a period of five to

推定 7,200 メガワット時を必要とした / 訓練を完了させるために / 5～6 ヶ月以上の

six months. // That is enough energy / to power 3,400 Japanese households / for one

期間で//year. // In human terms, / a construction worker would have to work for 3.4 million

1 年分 // 人間でいえば / 1 人の建設作業員が 340 万年働かなければならない / 一years / without any vacation days / to use that much energy. //切の休暇なしで / これだけのエネルギーを使うためには //それは十分なエネルギーだ / 日本の 3400 世帯に電力を供給するために /As more people use more AIs, / more energy will be needed. // One analyst

より多くの人々がより多くの AI を使えば / より多くのエネルギーが必要だ//

predicts / that "by 2027 the AI sector could consume / between 85 to 134 terawatt

アナリストが予測している / 「2027 年までに AI 部門は消費するだろう / 毎年 85

hours each year," / roughly as much energy as the Netherlands requires. //から 134 テラワット時を」// オランダが必要とするエネルギーとほぼ同じだ //The construction, maintenance, and disposal of datacenters (the body of an

データセンター（AI の本体）の建設、メンテナンス、廃棄には、エネルギー以上のAI) requires more than energy. // Large amounts of water are used for cooling, / andものが必要だ// 冷却には大量の水が使用され、/ また電子廃棄物の問題 / （世界中のthe problem of electronic waste / (responsible for 70% of global surface-level toxic

地表レベルの有害汚染の 70％を占める）/ はまだ解決されていない//

pollution) / has yet to be solved. // We must all remember / that AI does not work

私たちは皆、忘れてはならない / AI はタダで働いているわけではないことを//for free. //Total Number of words used

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期間 / 用語 / 表現

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It takes a lot of energy to ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ an AI. OpenAI's ChatGPT-【Q&A / A&Q】

Question 1: How much energy did it take to train ChatGPT-4

4 needed an ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ 7,200 megawatt hours to ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿
its training over a period of five to six months. That is enough energy toQuestion 2: Why does AI not work for free?

____________ 3,400 Japanese ________________ for one year. In human__________, a ________________________ worker would have to work for 3.4
million years without any vacation days to use that much energy.

Question 3: Do you like AI? Why or why not?

As more people use more AIs, more energy will be needed. One analyst________________ that "by 2027 the AI sector could ________________ between

Ask 1: 答えが「Netherlands」である質問を英語で書いてください

85 to 134 terawatt hours each year,"roughly as much energy as the Netherlands
requires.
The construction, ________________, and disposal of datacenters (theAsk 2: 本文に出てくる electronic waste についての質問を英語で書いてくださいbody of an AI) requires more than ________________. Large amounts of water areused for cooling, and the problem of electronic ________________ (responsibleAsk 3: 本文について知りたいことを英語で１つ書いてください
for 70% of global surface-level toxic ________________) has yet to be solved.
We must all ________________ that AI does not work for free.

Sample Answer 1: 7,200 megawatt hours.

Sample Answer 2: It must be powered, cooled, maintained, and disposed ofwhen no longer usable.

Sample Answer 3: Yes. AI will make life easier, and become our friend.
No. AI is dangerous and we shouldn’t trust it.

Sample Question 1: By 2027, AI is expected to use as much electricity as
which country? /Which country uses 85-134 terawatt hours each year?

Sample Question 2: What produces 70% of surface toxic waste? /Where does electronic waste come from?
How can electronic waste be recycled?

Sample Question 3: How much does an AI weigh?
From where comes our energy?
Can AI function without the internet?