Sam Altman would like remind you that humans use a lot of energy, too(techcrunch.com)
13 pointsby manicennui5 hours ago6 comments
  • manicennui5 hours ago
    Human beings are nothing but their economic output to Sam Altman.
    • codr75 hours ago
      I don't think he minds the energy as long as we keep building his crazy vision of the future.

      This is how he sees humanity, it's important for everyone to understand so we can agree to lock him up and throw away the key.

      • toomuchtodo5 hours ago
        It’s building pyramids all over again.
    • jauntywundrkind4 hours ago
      At least we're not electrical output yet. https://matrix.fandom.com/wiki/Power_plant
      • manicennui3 hours ago
        I was recently considering what these people would do to us if they found a valuable use for part of our bodies. The Matrix was brought up by someone in response.
        • emestifs2 hours ago
          We got this squishy thing between our ears that blows their GPUs out the water. We'd all end up in data centers if they could harness it...well, our brains at least, the rest isn't useful.
          • altmanaltman2 hours ago
            the actual plot of the matrix was about using human brains in a neural net but they felt the battery angle would be easier for the mainstream to understand.

            Humans are not really good or efficient batteries.

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            • emestifs2 hours ago
              Oh that's a cool fact. I feel that plot direction would've been cooler from a SciFi perspective. Battery angle is fine, but a bit limited. A gaint hivemind type thing is pretty cool plot element.
  • bravetraveler2 hours ago
    When can I expect the LLM to move out or pay rent? Still waiting. Also, Sam... we need Ja Rule's opinion.
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  • seanhunter3 hours ago
    “….and I’m going to give you the ability to come in on the ground floor. For the meagre investment of $500bn you can own part of my new startup to harvest that energy.”
  • jraph2 hours ago
    This argument is obviously incredibly stupid and in bad faith. What is sad is that some tech bros will probably believe in this shit.

    We use that energy no matter what we do.

    Humans are not born for productivity reasons (we are not "creating" humans to produce things).

    GenAI doesn't cause fewer humans to be born.

    If you want humans to use less energy and water, stop building GenAI.

    Sam Altman can go stumble upon a Lego.

  • altmanaltman2 hours ago
    > “But it also takes a lot of energy to train a human,” Altman said. “It takes like 20 years of life and all of the food you eat during that time before you get smart. And not only that, it took the very widespread evolution of the 100 billion people that have ever lived and learned not to get eaten by predators and learned how to figure out science and whatever, to produce you.”

    This is peak Silicon Valley content.