Sam Altman says people may someday “buy intelligence on a meter” like electricity or water and critics say the vision sounds more dystopian than innovative.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/47387000

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.

  • OwOarchist@pawb.socialEnglish
    29·
    5 days ago

    the same way they rely on electricity, Wi-Fi or running water.

    I can’t produce electricity, wifi, or (very much) running water with my own body. But I’ve got a pretty decent source of intelligence right there inside my head. Why do I need to pay some meter for it?

    • KraeuterRoy@feddit.org
      22·
      5 days ago

      How dare you? Did you even take a second to consider the economy at all? You can’t just think yourself!