AI heading to ~150 prompts/day per user and ~8% of global energy by 2040
Ep. 654 The Intersection of AI and Cryptocurrency with Akash Network (CRYPTO 101)
“Today we are looking at… a billion users… doing about five queries a day, five prompts a day. And that’s projected to grow… to about 150 prompts a day. And that’s very conservative… The AI energy need alone is, I believe, growing at around 37% year over year.” — 00:19:48
Context: Inference-side demand math (quote spans into the 00:20:44 block); he cites himself as a “vibe coding” power user at ~1,000 queries/day. The 2040 figure comes later: “AI consumption will be, I believe, 8% of global energy by 2040” (00:36:53).