Claims Alleging Half of National Computing Power Fuels Dramas Are Unfounded

People's Daily reported that widely circulated claims alleging that half of domestic computing power is consumed creating dramatic short dramas lack validity. The underlying claim stems from circulating metrics stating that artificial intelligence short dramas and video generation represent fifty-five percent of domestic token consumption. The circulated statistics were published by an artificial intelligence and digital content firm. The firm reported that domestic short drama and video generation accounted for fifty-five percent of token consumption, e-commerce and marketing twenty-four percent, and software development fifteen percent. However, the release omitted data sources, statistical periods, coverage scope, and estimation methodologies. Token counts serve as billing units measuring model call frequencies and output volumes rather than true computing inputs. Complex video rendering demands high-density processing, whereas code generation and scientific computing rely on lower-density text tokens. Differing computational tasks cannot be compared directly using token volumes to deduce graphics processing unit utilization. Usage patterns in consumer commercial markets cannot be equated with national technology development. Public consumer activities depend on commercial model interfaces, whereas major scientific research and enterprise research rely on specialized internal computing clusters and self-deployed models that market surveys do not capture.

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