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"There's no way to get there without a breakthrough," OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said, arguing that AI will soon need even more energy.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I mean, we can only do that because our system was trained for hundreds of thousands, millions of years into being able to recognise others of same species

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Almost all of our training was done without requiring burning fossil fuels. So maybe ole Sammy can put the brakes on his shit until it’s as fuel efficient as a human brain.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Food production and transport is famously a zero emission industry.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

We’ve been around for hundreds of thousands of years as homosapiens. Food production and transport emissions were practically 0% until the last 100 years. So, yes, that’s right.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

While that is true, a lot of death and suffering was required for us to reach this point as a species. Machines don't need the wars and natural selection required to achieve the same feats, and don't have our same limitations.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

They are nowhere NEAR achieving the same feats as humans.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

But the training has already been done, no?