Sheril Kirshenbaum5d ago

“We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water & people buy it from us on a meter.”

- Sam Altman

As someone whose books were taken without permission to train OpenAI, I have a problem with this.

How can a company claim to own work it didn’t create & sell it back to us?

https://gizmodo.com/sam-altman-says-intelligence-will-be-a-utility-and-hes-just-the-man-to-collect-the-bills-2000732953

Sam Altman Says Intelligence Will Be a Utility, and He's Just the Man to Collect the Bills

"Intelligence too cheap to meter" doesn't quite come across the way Altman might intend.

Gizmodo
Show threadP_______X
@Sheril reminds me of Nestlé and water. Or Nestlé and baby formula. Or Nestlé and child labor.
May 26 at 8:35pmWeb
Show threadmxk5d ago
@P__X @Sheril yes, I also had this (probably pretty obvious) association.
Corporations grow by turning things that used to be free into profits.
One of the most absurd aspects of capitalism.
Show threadP_______X5d ago

@mxk @Sheril yes, it's encoded in the system. the other example is the air travel industry. make basic experiences so convoluted and frustrating that ppl pay for what used to be basic and call it "basic PLUS". (exactly what's happening w/ internet search ATM).

What this system used to be based on (at least in the US) is a sort of societal contract that was like "we're OK with this as long as services improve on the whole". Breaches in these contracts tend to lead to revolts, that hit profits