"The idea of Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and others to build data centers in space is "ridiculous," according to Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI. In an interview, he also defended the energy consumption of AI services, which he said was based on "completely untrue" and "totally insane" ideas. In conversation with The Indian Express, Altman admitted that the total energy consumption of AI worldwide is worrying."
"However, he stated that ChatGPT does not consume more resources over its entire lifetime than the average human being. This quickly led to criticism of the comparison: the average human being can do a little more than AI tooling. Incidentally, the human brain, at 20 watts, is incredibly efficient compared to digital workloads. Altman dismissed criticism of the comparison between AI training and human brain activity."
Building data centers in space is characterized as a ridiculous idea. Claims that AI services consume excessive energy or water are contested as exaggerated and inaccurate. Total AI energy consumption worldwide is acknowledged as worrying, yet lifetime energy use of a ChatGPT instance is compared to that of an average human. The human brain runs at roughly 20 watts, making biological computation more efficient than many digital workloads. Per-query energy for GPT-4o is estimated around 0.3 watt-hours. Projections show AI server energy rising from under 100 terawatt-hours in 2025 to 432 terawatt-hours by 2030. Modern data centers use more efficient cooling than older air-cooled facilities.
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