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Sam Altman defends AI energy costs: 'Training a human takes a lot of energy too'
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman compared the energy cost of training AI models to raising a human, defending the growing power demands of AI. He argued that the energy required for AI is justified by its potential benefits. Altman's comments come amid rising scrutiny of AI's environmental impact.
Meridian48 take
Altman's analogy conveniently ignores that humans don't require data-center-scale electricity, but it's a clever rhetorical move to normalize AI's energy appetite.
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