clouds are

heavier than

you think

AI could use as much power as 1 in 5 US homes by 2028

Source: Energy.gov

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The AI tools you’re using today live in a vast, anonymous, power-hungry data farm thousands of miles away, consuming vast, unknown resources in a facility you'll never see. It's a black box by design.

and that’s why we made the ...

hot air
factory

When you give it a prompt, it doesn't just spit out an answer but it gives you a little puff of warm air. See the pinwheel spin? That’s the cost of a thought, or at least, the cost of some very well-written hot air.

👀 watch the video!

what's the cost of a thought?

Asking AI to write a poem? That's like the energy cost of two espressos. Every prompt has a cost, but now you can see it.

charging an iphone for 10 minutes

a single camera flash

toasting 5 slices of bread

blending a fruit smoothie

3 minutes of microwave popcorn

90 seconds of a hairdryer

boiling two cups of tea

5 minutes of doomscrolling

1 minute of GTA VI

Asking AI to write a poem? That's like the energy cost of two espressos. Every prompt has a cost, but now you can see it.

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help us making it

hot air in every home!

Our vision at oio is to make conscious computing a part of every home. We're looking for friends to help us graduate the Hot Air Factory from an experiment into something anyone can use.

Interested? hotair@oio.studio

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