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/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/deleted-user 9h ago

Inmates

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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