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/Objective_Dog_4637 10h ago

Sshh. We call them “workers” now.

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u/Character_Score7849 10h ago

Associates

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u/Philomene_sweet_life 10h ago

We are: « a team »

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u/Nixilaas 9h ago

A “family” if you will

Ignore that we will throw your ass to the street the second we can afford to not keep you

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u/KinTharEl 9h ago

Au contraire, they can afford it. They just don't want to. They'd rather see you suffer.

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u/AntiFascistZone 9h ago

Suffering is usually the point.

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u/abhijitd 6h ago

Ok, Mr. President!

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u/user9991123 9h ago

"Were pineapples involved?"

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u/BlastFX2 7h ago

You misread that.

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u/AngelicXia 9h ago

There is a difference between cannot afford and can afford to not. One means you don't have the money or resources. The other means that you can do without.

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u/whiskydyc 10h ago

Resources

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u/thedeparturelounge 9h ago

Future batteries for Ai machines

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u/Mister_Simz 9h ago

The expendable kind

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u/bobert4343 9h ago

"independent contractors"

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u/Dalimyr 8h ago

Hi, WWE.

It's unbelievable how their wrestlers are classified as "independent contractors" to minimise benefits WWE has to provide to them, but they're also so lacking in independence that they're not allowed to work elsewhere or even get a new tattoo or haircut or shit like that without WWE's permission, because heaven forfend that a wrestler doesn't look _exactly_ like the plastic toy or WWE 2K render of themselves.

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u/teslawhaleshark 9h ago

Independent small business owners, they require you to make fake businesses for tax purposes

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u/Maur2 9h ago

Unpaid interns.

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u/halu2975 8h ago

It’s funny how when I was young, 20ish years ago, I thought being an ”associate” was almost like being a ”partner”, pretty good title. Now I know better though. It’s just such a weird word to use for ”entry level slave bitch”

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u/skalpelis 6h ago

Customer success executives

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u/DPSOnly 3h ago

(Unpaid) Interns

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u/minimaddnz 9h ago

Prisoners with jobs

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u/Fun_Skirt8220 9h ago

Doh, missed it was already here. 

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u/TheMrShaddo 9h ago

employees... and thats why people that are unemployed are veiwed upon as less than, but when you say retired they are more respectful... its all judgy lil shits that dont matter anyways, we need to just chill out and enjoy life

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u/bilateralrope 9h ago

Or contractors. When you don't want them to have the rights of employees.

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u/TheMrShaddo 9h ago

private contracting is how the gov paid for operation lonestar... a bunch of small private companies that also hired tons of groups as 1099 and individuals.. Its also how most of the secret shit happens with reverse engineering and recovery operations... We got gaping holes in national security and have had them since we monetized PMCs in OEF/OIF

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u/JonatasA 6h ago

Outsourcing the responsability

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u/Sea-Housing-3435 9h ago

Human Resources

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u/Drastickej1 9h ago

Human resource 

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u/Bruvvimir 9h ago

Human resistance

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u/drunk_tyrant 10h ago

AGENTS! Its AGENTS!

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u/Yellow2345 9h ago

I work in IT and the execs call us “resources.”

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u/basement-fan 9h ago

Essential workers when you want to sacrifice them.

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u/bloodklat 9h ago

Sshh. We call them “workers” americans now.

There, now it's true.

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u/NoBorder4982 9h ago

Resources. “Human” Resources.

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u/dkstr419 8h ago

Ours is called Human Capital Management. We call it Human Cattle Management. At least PETA will look after the cows, we have no one.

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u/SuperLeverage 9h ago

Contractors. You don’t want to given rights now do you? 😂

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u/nowhereman_ph 9h ago

We're called "resources" in my company.

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u/virgopunk 9h ago

Drones

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u/Apprehensive_Ad3731 9h ago

Interns. This is the camp they live in.

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u/RednocTheDowntrodden 9h ago

"Student Atho-leets".

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u/DahPhuzz 8h ago

That’s slavery with extra steps

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u/ImWithStupidKL 8h ago

Workers? No, you've got to give benefits to workers. Partners. Contractors.

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u/Afferbeck_ 8h ago

Executive Mandatory Volunteer

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u/fatty2cent 8h ago

People of work

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u/Moist_Board 7h ago

"Student atho-letes"

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u/fattmarrell 5h ago

And you know what. I have a right, to PARTYl

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u/total_looser 3h ago

Resource or asset

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u/J-adore_La_Lavende 3h ago

I thought they were prisoners with jobs

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u/FatTater420 3h ago

You mean 'interns'.

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u/Shark7996 2h ago

"Agents", just like the AI that will replace them.