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Sam Altman Says the Energy Needed for an Average ChatGPT Query Can Power a Lightbulb for a Few Minutes
- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman revealed that each ChatGPT interaction consumes roughly 0.34 watt-hours of energy, sufficient to keep a lightbulb illuminated for several minutes.
- Altman shared this information in a February blog post amid rising public scrutiny over AI's environmental and operational costs.
- He also revealed each query consumes roughly 0.000085 gallons of water, or about one-fifteenth of a teaspoon, while AI costs are dropping tenfold annually.
- Altman predicted that the expense associated with intelligence will ultimately align closely with the price of electricity, and he envisions a future in the 2030s where both energy and intelligence become extremely plentiful.
- This suggests AI resource usage per query is minimal, but overall energy demand may rise with AI adoption, increasing the need for sustainable energy solutions.
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Sam Altman wrote in a blog post that a single query uses one-fifteenth of a teaspoon of water and about as much electricity as an oven in one minute.
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OpenAI's CEO, Sam Altman, said the average ChatGPT query uses about one-fifteenth of a teaspoon of water.Justin Sullivan via Getty ImagesSam Altman said the average ChatGPT query consumes about one-fifteenth of a teaspoon of water.This is on top of the 0.34 watt-hours of electricity needed to power the chatbot.Altman previously said he expects the cost of using AI to drop by 10 times every year.OpenAI's CEO, Sam Altman, said the energy needed to…
According to the OpenAI boss, an average ChatGPT request consumes around 0.34 watt hours. Water consumption is at a fifteenth of a teaspoon, Altman writes in a blog entry.
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