This is so funny. If you’re worried about the climate impacts of AI you can buy a hand crank powered AI computer https://crankgpt.com/
6:56 PM · Jun 9, 2026 · 5.9K Views
Satirical website CrankGPT mocks AI energy concerns by advertising a fictional hand-cranked zero-emission computer
The parody targets debates over AI data center emissions
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Andy Masley@AndyMasley
To be clear, the fact that you can power AI prompts with a hand crank gives you a hint about how not resource intensive they are. Try powering your whole day with one.
Andy Masley@AndyMasley
This is so funny. If you’re worried about the climate impacts of AI you can buy a hand crank powered AI computer https://crankgpt.com/
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Mike Cottone@M_Cottone
@AndyMasley What if you eat meat to get the calories that you use then the crank?
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Nathan is sometimes at Summer Camp (say hi👋) 🔎@NathanpmYoung
some of you would make excellent cranks
Andy Masley@AndyMasley
This is so funny. If you’re worried about the climate impacts of AI you can buy a hand crank powered AI computer https://crankgpt.com/
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Cory Fitz@cory_fitz
@AndyMasley Id like to see the climate impact of the additional food I’d need to eat to burn the calories to run my AI - this might actually be the AI model that uses the most water
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Tyler Johnston@tyler_johnston
@M_Cottone @AndyMasley @AndyMasley i regret to inform you a botec is in order
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