OpenAI CEO Sam Altman dismissed concerns that artificial intelligence is using up lots of water as “fake” – arguing that “humans use energy, too.” The billionaire tech founder responded to claims widely circulated online that OpenAI’s ChatGPT uses gallons of water to spit out responses to simple queries. Speaking on the sidelines at the India AI Impact summit on Friday, Altman called those claims about water usage “completely untrue, totally insane,” adding they have “no connection to reality,” according to the Indian Express. Altman also pushed back on previous comments by Microsoft founder Bill Gates, who suggested that the efficiency of the human brain implies that AI can also become more energy efficient over time. “One of the things that is always unfair in this comparison is people talk about how much energy it takes to train an AI model,” Altman said. “But it also takes a lot of energy to train a human.” “It takes like 20 years of life, and all the food you eat before that time, before you get smart.” He continued: “The fair comparison is if you ask ChatGPT a question, how much energy does it take once a model is trained to answer that question, versus a human, and probably
