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'People will buy intelligence from us on a meter': ChatGPT's Sam Altman's AI vision worries critics (www.tomsguide.com)
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Sam Altman says OpenAI wants to sell intelligence like a utility

During a recent appearance at BlackRock in Washington, D.C., OpenAI's Sam Altman, shared his vision for the future of AI. At one point saying, “We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water, and people buy it from us on a meter.”

Altman was describing a world where AI becomes a foundational infrastructure, something woven into everyday life so deeply that consumers and businesses simply “plug into” it the same way they rely on electricity, Wi-Fi or running water.

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[–] MilitantAtheist@lemmy.world 6 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Until they remove libraries

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 6 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (2 children)

they can try it. my town is armed and legitimately loves its library. liberal hick towns are weird.

[–] cpaq47@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

liberal hick towns Didn't know that was a thing. Where do you live?!

[–] btsax@reddthat.com 1 points 10 hours ago

Not OP but New England has many also

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

bay area california. not petaluma, but check out petaluma. that's a good example, it's where my dad grew up. when you get a good mix of rural and urban beautiful things happen. the people who don't usually mix, they mix. and those barriers come down.

[–] TotalCourage007@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

My proposal would be to turn Libraries into an Open Source datacenter. Wrestle back some control from these power hungry freaks.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

this is part of why i donate to project gutenberg