OpenAI boss Sam Altman wants $7tn. For all our sakes, pray he doesn’t get it | John Naughton
www.theguardian.com
The man behind ChatGPT is wooing the UAE to invest in energy-hungry AI. But if it turns out his tech can’t fix the world, he’s got his escape plan

OpenAI boss Sam Altman wants $7tn. For all our sakes, pray he doesn’t get it::The man behind ChatGPT is wooing the UAE to invest in energy-hungry AI. But if it turns out his tech can’t fix the world, he’s got his escape plan

    • iopq@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1510·
      9 months ago

      A phone is a product, and it solves a lot of problems.

      I used to print out mapquest directions to wherever I drove. Now I can just use navigation so I seldom miss turns on dark streets anymore.

      Products can solve problems, that’s why people pay for them

      • Haagel@lemmings.worldEnglish
        35·
        9 months ago

        I think they mean existential problems, like our belligerent lumbering towards the violent self-destruction of humanity.

        • Digital_man@lemmy.oneEnglish
          3·
          9 months ago

          This is exactly what I meant.

          A product is something created by an organization ( in our case corporations) to make money. Period.

          The fact it can make our lives easier is a secondary side effect. The way these products are made can ( and usually do) exacerbate our problems.

          Solutions ? Nah.