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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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[–] cardfire@sh.itjust.works 5 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

I feel like I spend months trying to find the right phrase the people will understand when I mention llms, since I refuse to call these things artificial intelligence.

My favorite thus far, are "spicy autocorrect" and "next words calculator." The fact that it has all of the compendium of human knowledge on physics or last millennium economics, means it is an excellent research assistant and engineering consultant, as long as I can keep in mind that it's going to lie to me with impunity and with utmost confidence every fourth question I ask.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

That's the problem, a public archive with all it's training data that you can query would be infinitely more valuable.

[–] cardfire@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 hours ago

I mean, mostly yes, but also I did benefit from an LLM arguing with me and telling me to not be so cavalier with 15kwh of batteries. It was helpful to have some safety guard rails. It was useful for giving more expansive considerations and playing devil's advocate against my designs.

I only shocked myself twice, from the solar panels. 😅