Sam Altman would like remind you that humans use a lot of energy, too | TechCrunch

""Now that we don't do that, you see these things on the internet where, 'Don't use ChatGPT, it's 17 gallons of water for each query' or whatever," Altman said."

""This is completely untrue, totally insane, no connection to reality.""

""It takes like 20 years of life and all of the food you eat during that time before you get smart. And not only that, it took the very widespread evolution of the 100 billion people that have ever lived and learned not to get eaten by predators and learned how to fi"

Claims that modern AI queries consume large volumes of water are inaccurate for current data-center cooling practices; evaporative cooling caused earlier concerns. Internet claims such as "17 gallons of water per query" are false. Total energy consumption from growing AI use is a legitimate worry and motivates faster adoption of nuclear, wind, and solar power. There is no legal mandate for tech firms to disclose energy and water metrics, prompting independent scientific study. Data-center operations have been linked to rising electricity prices. Comparisons of AI training energy to human development emphasize different scales and contexts of energy use.

Read at TechCrunch