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Altman on AI energy: it also takes 20 years of eating food to train a human
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Sam Altman emphasizes that training an AI model requires significant energy, comparable to the 20 years and nutrition needed for human intelligence development. Demis Hassabis suggests testing AI by training it with a knowledge cutoff of 1911 to evaluate its ability to derive concepts like general relativity independently.
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- Concern: Altman's comparison of human training energy to AI training energy oversimplifies complex issues, raising concerns about the implications for human value in a post-work society.
- Concern: The significant difference in energy consumption between training humans and AI models highlights the flawed analogy, indicating a lack of understanding of the complexities involved.
- Concern: Comments about post-human thinking reflect discomfort with the direction OpenAI is taking, suggesting a growing unease about the future of human roles in an AI-driven world.