Human beings are nothing but their economic output to Sam Altman.

I don't think he minds the energy as long as we keep building his crazy vision of the future.

This is how he sees humanity, it's important for everyone to understand so we can agree to lock him up and throw away the key.

It’s building pyramids all over again.

At least we're not electrical output yet. https://matrix.fandom.com/wiki/Power_plant

I was recently considering what these people would do to us if they found a valuable use for part of our bodies. The Matrix was brought up by someone in response.

We got this squishy thing between our ears that blows their GPUs out the water. We'd all end up in data centers if they could harness it...well, our brains at least, the rest isn't useful.

the actual plot of the matrix was about using human brains in a neural net but they felt the battery angle would be easier for the mainstream to understand.

Humans are not really good or efficient batteries.

Oh that's a cool fact. I feel that plot direction would've been cooler from a SciFi perspective. Battery angle is fine, but a bit limited. A gaint hivemind type thing is pretty cool plot element.

The battery thing never made sense. There are easier ways to generate power. I thought it was one of the weakest bits of the movie plot.

Did they not realize that it is already a mass surveillance network?

The interesting thing to me about this example is that it had to be someone lower level in or near the administration with less wealth, but who knew about a military operation. Hard to imagine any of the rich people around him risking a bet for such a small sum.

It's really just people in the suburbs and smaller cities. Doing things alone is completely normal in a city like Chicago or NY.

It's hard to put a finger on, but I do think it only "works" in a locale where you have a certain degree of anonymity, where it makes sense. Chicken egg for sure. But yeah, categorically, you can't really do city activities in the burbs, the feel isn't right.

Go to a major city. There are tons of people doing things alone, including sitting in a cafe.

Are the people who are really into "AI" even buying books anymore?

Surely you have realized by now that a large portion of the HN userbase is here for get rich quick schemes.

ahh brings me back to the blockchain days, and the many excuses people tried to use them instead of a SQL database for whatever reason

So we should cater to those with the lowest ethical standards instead?

That's what this community has shifted towards these past few years. Didn't take too long for the "hacker scene" to crumble to corporate greed.

I had hope during the NFT days, but I guess many here always wanted a not that told them they were smart and correct. Alas.

You might think it's unethical, but ethics is subjective

This is also the strategy of groups trying to pass oppressive legislation.

So which of OpenAI's investors are also Windsurf investors?