Sam Altman: one California almond may use more water than 38,000 ChatGPT queries
tanduyha · x · 2026-09-03
Sam Altman dropped a striking comparison: a single California almond can require more water than 38,000 ChatGPT queries. The stat was framed as a rebuttal to criticism about AI's water consumption, putting AI's water use on the same scale as agriculture — and Polymarket promptly opened a "big AI vs big almond" market on it.
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