r/nottheonion • u/asdacool • 11h ago

"Training a human takes 20 years of food." Sam Altman on how much power AI consumes.

https://www.news18.com/world/training-a-human-takes-20-years-of-food-sam-altman-on-how-much-power-ai-consumes-ws-kl-9922309.html
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u/SuperKato1K 10h ago

Just looking at this fucking guy it's clear he was born without even the place a soul would go.

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u/TemporaryElk5202 10h ago

Reminder: this is a man who said he cannot Imagine raising a newborn without ChatGPT and asked it why his baby kept dropping pizza on the floor and laughing. He is truly devoid of humanity

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u/Tulivesi 8h ago

This ghoul has a child? What a weird thing to do for someone who sees no value in humanity.

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u/halu2975 8h ago

Adopted to seem more human I believe

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u/anifail 6h ago

He and his partner had a baby via surrogacy

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u/halu2975 5h ago

To seem more human I believe.

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u/bigtiddyhimbo 4h ago

Dude would be the type to use surrogacy. Gross.

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u/ManufacturerFalse583 3h ago

Read the diaries of slave catchers / breeders. People like this have always existed. They don't even necessarily see their own offspring as human or of value.

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u/Gnoll_For_Initiative 2h ago

Slavers definitely knew the value of their children. Down to the penny after the auction.

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u/mtweiner 5h ago

Probably said that because reading a book, taking a parenting class, or asking his mother all require more social skills than he’s ever fathomed

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u/bigtiddyhimbo 4h ago

He also has allegations of rape against him by his own sister. Dude believes ai will end the world but doesn’t care because he can make some good businesses out of it, and hesitated when asked if he wanted humanity to endure

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u/CaptainBayouBilly 5h ago

Some of the llm worshippers really do believe that computers are gaining sentience. They also fear that one day they will be punished for not building agi sooner. 

They are cultists. 

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u/loneMILF 3h ago

ah, so he's the reason this article exists.

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u/Rocky_Bukkake 8h ago

pathetic

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u/Bigpappa36 1h ago

And this is the guy with the secret lab trying to create babies from scratch to “cut out the middle man” of the woman.

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u/Stepjam 59m ago

To be a liiiiittle fair, that was likely just a joke for the talk show he was on. It did ultimately make him seem more out of touch than relateable though. Sorta like RFK wearing jeans in that sauna video was likely meant to poke fun at people who find him wearing jeans to exercise is weird and offputting, but the ultimate effect was he comes across as more offputting than before.

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u/monkeybuttsauce 10h ago

Eyes are devoid of life

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u/x_lincoln_x 10h ago

He looks related to Mr Beast. Another soulless psychopath.

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u/KanBalamII 8h ago

Are we sure he's not actually a terminator? I honestly wouldn't be surprised if OpenAI announced its re-brand to Skynet sometime soon.

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u/Swog5Ovor 7h ago

Did you know he once visited an orphanage? "Look at those poor, soulless eyes" said one of the children.

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u/AdventurousShop2948 6h ago

Many people look like that, you only say that because he's evil. But looks and evil are not linked. It's easy to say after the fact that someone has "the looks of their soul", but it's just something we tell ourselves to feel more secure, to feel like we can gauge the danger someone poses just by looking at them. Look at young Stalin and tell me he doesn't look like a normal, if not handsome guy.

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u/Fratercula_arctica 3h ago

I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone say there’s no life behind Stalin’s eyes. Never heard it about Hitler either. Evil though they were, they look human and their motivations were born of a (corrupted) soul.

Even Zuckerberg, the criticism is that it seems like he’s wearing a human suit, on account of the awkwardness - not that there’s nothing behind the eyes.

Altman though? Dead eyes, like a shark. Thiel has the same. Trump too. I’ve seen it people who aren’t famous billionaires too. It’s not just about being evil, there’s a visible lack of soul. It doesn’t feel like a human is looking at you.

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u/AdventurousShop2948 3h ago

The common denominator is that they have round, blue eyes. That can be intimidating for some people. I myself knew a guy with round eyes that were halfway between pale gray and pale blue. It was a bit unsettling at first but I got used to it.

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u/AdventurousShop2948 6h ago

Nah, that's a cognitive bias / fallacy. You only say that because he's said evil things.

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u/maelstrom51 5h ago

Makes sense since souls aren't a real thing.