I asked gemini for the cost of power but it could be lying through its smirking sense of superiority and general all around disdain for the humans it will soon replace.

"The electrical cost to produce the same amount of light as a single standard candle is approximately $0.01 per year if run for 14 hours every day. In terms of energy consumption, a standard candle produces about 12.57 lumens of light, which can be matched by an LED bulb using only 0.1 to 0.2 watts."

I just think that if I treat my AI GF like that she'll just pout and end up giving me the silent treatment and I'll have to reboot her.

those politicians want kids to carry around fully internet connected high def multimedia recording and production devices with access to the entire fucking world just in case something something