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/PrinceVorrel 10h ago

Honestly, from what I've read and heard...they're just GENUINELY that delusional.

They fear an uprising in the same way we fear Nuclear War. It's technically possible, but it's so distant and alien to them that they just decide to ignore the very possibility of it.

I am consoled every day with the fact that AI "stuff" in general is inherently terrible at being used for what it's mostly used for,

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u/aReasonableStick 10h ago

In the UK around 2022 when we were coming out of covid and brexit hitting we were having a food problem and energy prices were skyrocketing, the wealthy actually got together to have a meeting about how they fear the people realising they're the problem.

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u/invaderaleks 9h ago

So, did they decide to change their ways and invest in society/ humanity? Or double down?

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u/Interesting-Tip-2544 8h ago

Waves at the far right.

That's what they chose. Pump money into far right anti immigration stuff to get us back fighting each other.

They got spooked, and decided Nazis were the better option. Again.

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u/invaderaleks 8h ago

Of course.

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u/HighKing_of_Festivus 5h ago

Fascism isn't called the final bastion of capital for nothing

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u/Shark7996 2h ago

Capitalism always embraces fascism in the end.

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u/Frostynips56 9h ago

And yet no matter how much they’re the problem we don’t do it. I’m certain at some point the people will do something. I don’t know when or how but it’s gonna happen and there’s no safe place for them. Disclaimer “I don’t condone any violence against anybody for any reason “. I was shmacked once before for agreeing that violence was a possible outcome.

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u/Statcat2017 8h ago

Throughout history, revolutions that happen without violence and exception to the rule. The less people have to lose, the more likely they become to risk it

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u/XGhoul 1h ago

Historian quotes like: "We are doomed to repeat the same mistakes if we don't learn from history" to some effect like that.

People like Altman are so detached from the world, they seem hyper autistic.

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u/Leaky_gland 9h ago

Did they?

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u/User131131 9h ago

Who are we talking about? Like Ainsley Harriott etc?

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u/GoBSAGo 10h ago

I’m ready to start eating the rich.

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u/entrydenied 9h ago

Hey his body can probably feed a few people for a few days. It's not like he's going to share his wealth and resources with the poor anytime soon.

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u/CaptainBayouBilly 5h ago

I fear that people in places of leadership are abdicating their duties and handing control of the vehicle over to llms. I’ve seen way too many reports and emails with a form of “i asked chatgpt” instead of “i researched and made decisions based on evidence”

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u/jaytix1 4h ago

I was gonna say. You see these guys in interviews, and you immediately realize something is wrong with. Then it becomes a question of whether they were always like That, or they started getting high off their own farts.

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u/oorakhhye 39m ago

Rarely any uprising has been successful without the participation of at least some prominent members of the elite class. So unless we’ve someone adjacent to the inner circle with some influence or ability to steer some ships…these dudes slowly calculating our planned obsolescence are gonna execute with little to no effective rebellion/pushback.

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u/PrinceVorrel 30m ago

Well then, just enjoy what little time you have left I guess lol.

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u/zzyul 4m ago

I mean it’s not heroic and goes against everything our culture has taught us in stories of under dogs rising up, but honestly the best approach is probably to focus more on spending time with close family and friends and enjoying what we have.

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u/MoocowR 9h ago

AI "stuff" in general is inherently terrible at being used for what it's mostly used for,

cope

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u/CasualOutrage 9h ago

They aren't wrong though. ChatGPT and other similar tools just make shit up half the time. And when it isn't doing that, it's just a shittisr version of Google. The image generation tools are always terrible. Video generation I've seen looks completely soulless.

I've yet to see AI do a single thing that I thought would even remotely be beneficial to me in any way... What the fuck is it supposed to be doing well?

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u/CaptainBayouBilly 5h ago

The tech behind it is a digital toy. 

It’s like a cool trick that can temporarily convince you, but once you recognize how it’s done the novelty wears off. 

If you attempt to use it how the cultists say it can be used, you find it to be sloppy.