Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO, says AI will become a utility like electricity or water. His exact words: “We see a future where intelligence is a utility like electricity or water and people buy it from us on a meter and use it for whatever they want to use it for.” He means you’ll pay only for what you use, like your power bill, heavy users pay more, light users pay less, instead of flat subscriptions. This was at the BlackRock Infrastructure Summit back in March. He says the real challenge is building enough compute power so it stays cheap and doesn’t just go to rich people. Altman said demand for AI is exploding, and if we don’t keep building compute infrastructure fast enough, either supply runs short or prices skyrocket, making it something only rich people can afford. He called it a big infrastructure challenge, basically saying the buildout has to keep pace with that rising demand to make AI truly like a cheap utility for everyone.