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Altman specifically has said in an interview that I listened to once that he envisions AI being as cheap as electricity.
by ElijahLynn 2mo ago
Altman specifically has said in an interview that I listened to once that he envisions AI being as cheap as electricity.
- pseudony 2mo agoHe also wanted to do a non-profit. He even raised money on that premise. He is a pathological liar, so is Dario. Don’t rely on the benevolence or truthfulness of these people. They will say whatever is beneficial to say in the moment.
- pseudony 2mo agoTelling. Downvotes but actually no arguments. Fitting, because there are none. Referring to a baseless prediction by Sam Altman that AI will become like electricity without any push-back? Who really thinks Sam is working toward that future? He already worked to undo every early promise made (non-profit, open source models, strong governing board, strong ethics/alignment/security focus). He's flip-flopped on other things like first characterising Trump "an unprecedented threat to America", then contributing 1M USD to Trump's inaugural fund far exceeding his earlier political contributions. Lately OpenAI, under his supervision, has also been working with Anthropic to lobby regulators in Washington for restrictions on open weights models - why so if not to undermine a free market in favour of an oligopoly? Beyond that, you have the simple fact that most of his personal wealth and very probably the fate of OpenAI hinges on AI inference NOT becoming an interchangeable commodity. I mean.. Honestly. The naivete is downright astounding.
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- ElijahLynn 2mo agoI believe Sam is working towards the future. I do believe in his good parts. I have listened to a fair number of hours of interviews with Altman and do believe he is sincere.
- ElijahLynn 2mo agoSomeone having a vision of making it is affordable as electricity is someone having a vision, it wasn't a guarantee, it was a vision.
- shimman 2mo agoYeah, he sure does lie about a variety of things! He doesn't have the name Scam Altman for nothing.
- ModernMech 2mo agoLol, of course what he left out is this will happen by inflating the cost of electricity rather than driving down the cost of AI.
- rootusrootus 2mo agoI hope it's a good bit cheaper than that, I pay close to $400/mo for electricity and I'm in no way interested in paying anything like that for AI.
- jmalicki 2mo agoIt will be cheaper than electricity - but your electricity will become a lot more expensive to enable that!
- eigenspace 2mo agoJeeze, what are you doing that uses so much electricity? I live in Germany where people won't stop whining about electricity prices, and I pay 75€/mo.
- qwerpy 2mo agoEasy to get there without doing anything abnormal, 2 EVs and a large 5 bedroom house that gets air conditioned / heated, in a location that does time of use pricing. My bill is closer to $200/mo but if I didn’t have solar & battery it’d be in the $400 range.
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- prlin 2mo agoIf it can automate your time by more than that it's a good trade.
- matkoniecz 2mo agoAltman of *Open* AI? No idea why I would trust him without very convincing proof.
- ElijahLynn 2mo agoHe didn't guarantee it, just shared his vision.
- winterbourne 2mo agoAnd that it will be just another utility, like electricity.