"We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water, and people buy it from us on a meter..." -- Sam Altman
https://x.com/TheChiefNerd/status/2032012809433723158
There you go, there it is. Yup.
Water is life. So is intelligence.
I'm not claiming that they're right, that you are actually buying "intelligence" from them by the meter, I think that's misleading.
But also, the fact that that's the *framing* goes to show to you that they absolutely, completely want it to be, and want to sell intellectual slavery, as far as they can get it.
@cwebber
On the other hand it seems stupid, who ever heard of a water company worth trillions? I doubt what Altman really has in mind is becoming wholly owned by a alliance of municipalities.
I think you are right that they imagine themselves as plantation owners, but then their poor understanding of the real world makes them substitute in something else to be more palatable.
