Father of ChatGPT: The future of artificial intelligence depends on energy breakthroughs such as nuclear fusion

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI and the father of ChatGPT, said at the World Economic Forum in Davos that future artificial intelligence requires breakthroughs in energy, because AI will consume far more power than people expect. He said that energy sources that are more conducive to climate change, especially nuclear fusion or cheaper solar energy and energy storage, are the development direction of artificial intelligence. "It's impossible to reach this goal without a breakthrough," he said. "This motivates us to increase investment in nuclear fusion." In 2021, Altman personally provided $375 million to Helion Energy, a private U.S. nuclear fusion company, which has since The company signed an agreement to provide energy to Microsoft over the next few years. Microsoft provides artificial intelligence computing resources to OpenAI. Altman said he hopes the world will also embrace nuclear fission as an energy source.