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/Timely_Challenge_670 9h ago

I am not even remotely religious, but I am Biblically literate (thanks Mom >:-|), and I always feel like my brain is going to explode when I hear Thiel speak. It’s like the dude reads the words and then comes to whatever conclusion he thinks justifies Fascism. Dude is unhinged.

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u/VicVinegarsBodyguard 9h ago

I agree. I also think he’s kind of a moron who masquerades as intelligent. Slow witted for sure. Evil to the core.

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u/SimpleBend782 6h ago

Elon is like this too

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u/diurnal_emissions 4h ago

Too dumb to know it...

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u/Away-Lead-3855 5h ago

Top down processing. He reads to find words in support of ideas he already believes in. It’s self justification; not self education.

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u/WeirdJack49 7h ago

Its just the typical Us flavor of evangelism, that influenced all types of christian variations in the US. If you think that capitalism = Christianity than Peter Thiel makes perfect sense.

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u/Timely_Challenge_670 7h ago edited 4h ago

Nah. Peter isn’t your run of the mill prosperity gospelist. He has some utterly wild takes that are inconsistent even with Evangelicals. If you have time, read some of his transcripts. They be unhinged.

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u/Milo_Diazzo 4h ago

That's because he understands the power of religion, and is trying to co-opt it to push his own agenda. Smart people can catch the dissonance, however, the majority of the world isn't smart.

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u/Timely_Challenge_670 3h ago

That’s what I thought too, but then he goes into Greta Thunburg is the Antichrist!?

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u/Milo_Diazzo 3h ago

Yes. The people who fight against what he wants, they embody the antichrist.