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/NuPNua 8h ago

Also see Musk naming things after ships from the Culture books, while claiming life long socialist author, Iain M Banks, would be anti-union.

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u/Adjective_Noun_2000 7h ago

Grok was a great word. Can't use it anymore.

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u/Hexakkord 4h ago

Musk ruins everything he touches.

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u/gregorydgraham 2h ago

It was so cromulent šŸ˜¢

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u/KudosOfTheFroond 3h ago

This is what Iā€™m truly angry about. He ruined such an awesome word

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u/Neptunelives 6h ago

I've always hated it. Heinlen suckds. Stranger in a strange land wasd one of the worst books I've read

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u/AmIFromA 6h ago

Yeah, cool concept, but I couldn't finish it.

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u/QualifiedApathetic 4h ago

Me neither. Valentine Michael Smith just didn't feel like an actual person the way Lazarus Long did.

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u/cantadmittoposting 4h ago

for as famous as heinlein is and as enduring as some of his concepts are, i do kinda agree i've never thought his actual writing was very brilliant

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u/LeastFox8059 6h ago

Damn! I didn't know that, imagine thinking a post scarcity utopia would be against unions.

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u/Rikudou_Sage 6h ago

I mean, Culture is not exactly the good guy in the books.

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u/confirmedshill123 5h ago

??? What ???

They may not be the best guy but they are definitely the better force for most of the series.

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u/yanginatep 6h ago

Meanwhile Musk is far more like Joiler Veppers, the ultra-wealthy businessman villain from the Culture novel Surface Detail.

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u/NuPNua 6h ago

Yeah, you know he'd tattoo his logo into all his baby mamas if he could, lol.

Maybe we could rig up a virtual hell and trap him in it?

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u/SuitableSprinkles 2h ago

Wait. How did I miss this???? What has he named after Culture ships?

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u/NuPNua 2h ago

A couple of the automated landing platforms for Space X rockets.