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.

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.

  • Sineljora@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    4 hours ago

    With the right government, anything is possible. Sam isn’t delusional at all. He’s a walking humanitarian crisis, a psychopath, a public threat to society, a terrorist if you will. We were all supposed to be using Loopt by his words.

    • MalReynolds@slrpnk.netEnglish
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      2 hours ago

      a psychopath, a public threat to society, a terrorist if you will.

      I’ve heard it argued rather well that it’s more dread than terror that these pricks create. It’s a useful distinction, but ‘dreadist’ rolls off the tongue like a brick.