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5 second AI video for 3.4 Mega Joules of energy
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this post was submitted on 13 Mar 2026
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a human consumes about 8 MJ of chemical energy per day.
Okay Sam Altman.
that's not what i meant.
now they have heard it 6 times used.
Oh! Well, Sam Altman basically used this to try to defend AI energy usage. Training a human takes a lot of energy and water, after all. I don't think he realized this made him sound like a fucking supervillain.