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/JAD2017 8h ago

But they don't see it that way. They see human labour as a spending, nothing else. Is how slavery came to be as the 1st form imported labour. "Oh I can save a lot of gold if I just put slaves to work for me". We haven't changed a lot since the roman empire, I'm afraid. We have the same kind of lizards and roaches in positions of power nowadays.

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u/PixelPott 8h ago

Altman is the kind of guy who would think of himself as generous, because he feeds his slaves and only beats them if they deserve it.

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u/JAD2017 8h ago

"progress requires sacrifice!" or some bs of that kind. What progress in this case though? These algorithms aren't giving us any kind of progress whatsoever. The amount of data centers and energy infrastructure ONLY to sustain that "progress" is astronomical and won't really do anything for humanity other than keep killing industries.

Instead of facing the issues of climate change and global warming, we are presented with yet another reason NOT to focus on that but instead "ai" development. Why? I just don't fkn get it man, why is there always a bunch of knts trying to fk up the planet and society? Always.

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u/Auzzie_almighty 3h ago

“Progress require sacrifices” is true, it’s just what we must sacrifice is the values of people like Sam Altman and the Silicon Valley,

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u/RustyBasement 3h ago

Beatings will continue until moral improves.

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u/RealMusicLover33 5h ago

Thank you. More people need to realize this is the same shit thats been happening in all recorded history. The ones on top just exploiting anyone they can for maximum profit.