Altman argues AI’s energy footprint rivals human development, dismisses water concerns
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told the India AI Impact Summit that worries about data-center water use are unfounded and claimed the energy required to train a human over 20 years outweighs the energy used to answer a single ChatGPT query, urging a fair, post-training comparison. He noted advances in cooling that cut water use, referenced global and US projections for data-center electricity growth, and urged a rapid shift to nuclear, wind, or solar power, while also touching on AI-related job-loss concerns.
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