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
    168·
    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
      37·
      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.