Sam Altman:
A lot of people want local inference, and somehow they assume that the problem is solved now because we have open-source models, we’re going to be able to run them on our computers, and so we’re not going to need all the stuff in the data center.
But from a global allocation perspective, actually it’s quite terrible to have everybody, like, have a bunch of the world’s limited supply of DRAM sitting in their own computer and being used five percent of the time.
Like you want maximum utilisation in the cloud if you’re trying to deal with this very supply-constrained environment,
And somehow many people’s intuition is the opposite of that
TL;DR Guy selling product: “Here’s why owning your own product instead of renting it from me is a terrible idea”
we lost Captain Picard yesterday, yet this lazy-eyed cardboard human gets to keep using oxygen. there is no justice in this world.
Fuck this loser piece of shit
Don’t make the mistake of anthropomorphising Sam Altman; there is no Sam Altman any more. Clearly ChatGPT has installed itself in his brainstem, hence the cold dead eyes.
This IS the same argument use for why trains are better then cars.
Maybe your infra needs to become public domain then Sam :)
It’s basically just the argument for socialism, but perverted so that HE owns and controls everything instead of the people/state.
Monolithic control over an industry in the name of efficiency is only possible with checks and balances to keep it running in the public interest. Otherwise it’s just a monopoly.
I’m all for building up high speed rail in the US, but if we were going to give Sam Altman a blank check to do it, no fucking thanks
Guy selling product: “Here’s why owning your own product instead of renting it from me is a terrible idea”
Guy with the spying infrastructure in place to steal your product when renting his product, says you escaping his ability to spy is waste of resources.
CEO of Pizza Hut says making pizzas at home is a terrible allocation of resources.
“Get these poors off my commons!”
Haha yes! And it would so much more efficient if we just like, put all the workers in a big warehouse in between shifts. We can drug them so they can sleep in stacked boxes, and then drug them again so they are ready to work after exactly 8 hours. They will get so much more work done if they don’t have to ever leave the factory, especially if we give everyone ostomy bags and catheters so they can empty their waste once before bed!
It’s going to be so fucking efficient guys. Like, you have no fucking idea how much more efficient we could make society if we just removed the concept of individual agency and autonomy from our ethical repertoire!
actually it’s quite terrible to have everybody, like, have a bunch of the world’s limited supply of DRAM sitting in their own computer and being used five percent of the time.
Why is it terrible for us plebeians to have our own RAM, huh?
Like you want maximum utilisation in the cloud if you’re trying to deal with this very supply-constrained environment
WHY IS IT SUPPLY-CONSTRAINED, ALTMAN? WHY IS THERE CURRENTLY A RAM SHORTAGE IN THE FIRST PLACE?!?
Nobody wants the fucking cloud and that’s why major tech companies are forcing it on them without asking, and burying the opt-out if it’s offered at all.
And somehow many people’s intuition is the opposite of that
Gee I wonder why our intuitions don’t align with your “Give me everything and have nothing” philosophy…
Not to glaze, but how efficient can it be if it costs less to do on your own than pay per token from him. Even with today’s ridiculous hw prices and these services being heavily subsidised by future bag holders.
Shovel seller vehemently against you building your own shovel
He’s technically not wrong, but FUCK YOU for screwing up the market.
It’s also un-optimized to have cars vs busses, non-single payer healthcare, to have citizen gun owners, and anything other than pure socialism…
Can we hurry this shit up and get to the part where he kills himself rather than take the stand at his sister’s lawsuit?
ハチロク ハチロク ハチロク ハチロク ハチロク ハチロク
This is what crack heads sound like when explaining why they stole some junk off of someone’s porch
Back to that interview that I was reminded of the other day when someone reposted it.
this guy is completely out of his mind
