Sam Altman: One California Almond Uses More Water Than 38,000 ChatGPT Queries
Polymarket · x · 2026-09-03
Sam Altman offered a striking comparison: a single California almond can require more water than 38,000 ChatGPT queries. It flips the usual framing of AI's data-center water usage against everyday agriculture's resource footprint.
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