The Almond Analogy: A Misguided Attempt to Downplay AI's Environmental Impact Sam Altman, OpenAI's CEO, recently claimed that running 38,000 ChatGPT queries consumes as much water as producing a single California almond.
This assertion has been hailed by some as a clever way to put the "AI guilt" narrative to rest.
The math behind Altman's claim suggests that asking ChatGPT a question uses roughly two drops of water, based on outdated cooling technology and a narrow focus on individual queries.