Sam German claims that a medium query used “About the fifteenth teaspoon” of water

Openai Sam Altman, CEO of Openai Sam Altman, in a blog publication Posted on TuesdayHe says that a medium Chatgpt query uses about 0.000085 gallons of water, or “about fifteen teaspoon”. This claim was made as part of a broader publication on its predictions on how to change the world’s artificial intelligence.

“People are often curious about the amount of energy used by ChatGPT, the medium query uses about 0.34 watts an hour, or about what the oven will use slightly over one second, or a highly efficient lamp lamp that will use it within a few minutes,” he says. He also argues that “the cost of intelligence must eventually converge near the cost of electricity.” Openai did not immediately respond to a request to comment on how Altman reached these numbers.

Artificial intelligence companies have been scrutinized for energy costs in technology. This year, for example, researchers expect that artificial intelligence can consume more power than bitcoin mining By the end of the year. In an article last yearand Washington Post I worked with researchers to determine that a 100-word email “created by Chatbot AI using GPT-4” requires “just more than one bottle.” The publication also found that the use of water can depend on where the center of a data center is located.