Sam Altman, the CEO of ChatGPT creator OpenAI, has recently started a new conversation regarding nuclear fusion by stating that it could be the solution to artificial intelligence’s thirst for electricity.
In an interview in January, Altman had stated, “There’s no way to get there without a breakthrough, we need fusion.” He reiterated the same in the March interview given to Fridman. The Open AI CEO has invested $375 million in the US-based nuclear fusion firm Helion Energy. The company has set a target of producing energy at a commercial scale by 2028.During the interview he had also pointed out that artificial general intelligence might be a reality in this decade. He had added that building AGI would be a new beginning.
Moreover, electricity generation also uses up a lot of water. AI, therefore, is also responsible for offsite water consumption.