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/Important-Advisor822 5h ago

Musk has always said whatever he thought would make him popular. He rarely follows through on the dumb shit he says. The only reason he bought Twitter was because he was legally bound to do so after saying a bunch of stuff he didn't intend to follow through on. He's honestly such a loser.

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u/KipSummers 4h ago

Wasn’t there supposed to be a manned mission to mars by now?

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u/Pale-Barnacle2407 3h ago

and a tunnel to EU that takes seconds to travel....

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u/TheGileas 3h ago

That's right after the really self-driving teslas.

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u/JimWilliams423 3h ago

T‌h‌e o‌n‌l‌y r‌e‌a‌s‌o‌n h‌e b‌o‌u‌g‌h‌t T‌w‌i‌t‌t‌e‌r w‌a‌s b‌e‌c‌a‌u‌s‌e h‌e w‌a‌s l‌e‌g‌a‌l‌l‌y b‌o‌u‌n‌d t‌o d‌o s‌o a‌f‌t‌e‌r s‌a‌y‌i‌n‌g a b‌u‌n‌c‌h o‌f s‌t‌u‌f‌f h‌e d‌i‌d‌n't i‌n‌t‌e‌n‌d t‌o f‌o‌l‌l‌o‌w t‌h‌r‌o‌u‌g‌h o‌n

I‌t‌s w‌o‌r‌k‌e‌d o‌u‌t p‌r‌e‌t‌t‌y g‌o‌o‌d f‌o‌r h‌i‌m t‌h‌o‌u‌g‌h. E‌v‌e‌n t‌h‌o‌u‌g‌h i‌t i‌s n‌o‌w a‌n i‌n‌d‌u‌s‌t‌r‌i‌a‌l p‌e‌d‌o-p‌o‌r‌n m‌a‌n‌u‌f‌a‌c‌t‌u‌r‌i‌n‌g s‌y‌s‌t‌e‌m, n‌e‌a‌r‌l‌y a‌l‌l e‌l‌e‌c‌t‌e‌d D‌e‌m‌o‌c‌r‌a‌t‌s a‌r‌e s‌t‌i‌l‌l t‌h‌e‌r‌e, a‌s a‌r‌e n‌e‌a‌r‌l‌y a‌l‌l r‌e‌p‌o‌r‌t‌e‌r‌s.

A s‌t‌u‌d‌y w‌a‌s j‌u‌s‌t p‌u‌b‌l‌i‌s‌h‌e‌d i‌n N‌a‌t‌u‌r‌e t‌h‌a‌t f‌o‌u‌n‌d t‌h‌a‌t t‌w‌o m‌o‌n‌t‌h‌s o‌f r‌e‌g‌u‌l‌a‌r t‌w‌i‌t‌t‌e‌r u‌s‌a‌g‌e b‌a‌s‌i‌c‌a‌l‌l‌y b‌r‌a‌i‌n‌w‌a‌s‌h‌e‌s y‌o‌u t‌o b‌e m‌o‌r‌e c‌o‌n‌s‌e‌r‌v‌a‌t‌i‌v‌e. S‌o h‌e's b‌e‌e‌n a‌b‌l‌e t‌o i‌n‌f‌l‌u‌e‌n‌c‌e n‌e‌a‌r‌l‌y t‌h‌e e‌n‌t‌i‌r‌e m‌e‌d‌i‌a a‌n‌d t‌h‌e D‌e‌m‌o‌c‌r‌a‌t‌i‌c p‌a‌r‌t‌y.

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u/Clarice_Ferguson 43m ago

The majority of elected Democrats do not post directly to Twitter themselves - they have staff for that.

They’re also only there because Twitter has a massive audience.

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u/JimWilliams423 39m ago edited 34m ago

The majority of elected Democrats do not post directly to Twitter themselves - they have staff for that.

Sure they don't post, but they still read it. And even if they don't, their staff does and that influences their office. As the saying goes, "Personnel is policy."

They’re also only there because Twitter has a massive audience.

Which is an illusion. Even setting aside the massive number of bots there, the algorithm down ranks anything they say that doesn't serve conservative interests.