Posted 1/16/2024, 5:36:36 PM
OpenAI CEO: Advanced AI Requires Energy Breakthrough Like Cheap Solar or Nuclear Fusion
- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said at Davos that future AI will require an energy breakthrough
- Altman said AI will consume much more power than expected
- Cheaper solar/storage or nuclear fusion are needed to enable advanced AI
- Altman invested $375M in fusion company Helion Energy, which signed a deal to provide energy to Microsoft in future years
- Altman wishes the world would embrace nuclear fission more as an energy source