{"id":216374,"date":"2026-02-22T16:31:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T21:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/22\/know-what-else-used-a-lot-of-energy-human-civilization\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T16:42:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T21:42:45","slug":"know-what-else-used-a-lot-of-energy-human-civilization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/22\/know-what-else-used-a-lot-of-energy-human-civilization\/","title":{"rendered":"Know What Else Used a Lot of Energy? Human Civilization"},"content":{"rendered":"

Know What Else Used a Lot of Energy? Human Civilization<\/a><\/p>\n

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Publish Date: 2026-02-22 16:31:00<\/a><\/p>\n

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At last week\u2019s India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, industry leaders convened to discuss the future of artificial intelligence and how best to squeeze it into parts of your life you haven\u2019t even considered. Notably absent was Bill Gates, who dropped out hours before his scheduled keynote over the ongoing scrutiny about his presence in the Epstein Files (though he continues to deny any wrongdoing). While the convention was reportedly a bit chaotic, what with the protests and all, the luminaries from around the tech world present nonetheless kept things upbeat and optimistic, declaring \u201cfull steam ahead\u201d on the technological hype train carrying our species and planet off a cliff.<\/p>\n

Also in attendance was OpenAI\u2019s Sam Altman, who earned numerous headlines over the course of the event for his words and antics. His buzz blitzkrieg started on Thursday at a seemingly easy photo-opp layup with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other AI executives all raising their joined hands in a celebratory display of industry-wide solidarity. Altman and the former colleague and present CEO of Anthropic to his left, Dario Amodei, notably refused to complete the chain and hold each other\u2019s hands, making for an all-too-poignant moment. Altman would continue to make news throughout the summit for his comments on the industry\u2019s \u201curgent\u201d need for global regulation and his sneaking suspicion that companies might actually be using AI as a scapegoat to whitewash their layoffs.<\/p>\n

Ever the yapper, Altman has bagged yet another round of earned media for an interview with The Indian Express\u2019 Anant Goenka, during which he posited some controversial rebuttals to concerns about AI\u2019s environmental impact.<\/p>\n

Altman started off by saying the claims about ChatGPT consuming \u201c\u201817 gallons of water for each query\u2019 or whatever,\u201d are \u201ccompletely untrue, totally insane, no connection to reality,\u201d before qualifying that, OK, maybe it was a valid concern when…<\/p>\n

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