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How dumb is "Sam Altman" to immediately frame AI energy debate as human vs AI

"Humans use energy too" seems a very very low iq r...
will arnett
  02/22/26
he'd say way fewer inexplicably stupid things if he just wor...
norwood ultra
  02/22/26
He's not wrong. Altman’s line is essentially: &ldq...
robot daddy
  02/22/26
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cowgod
  02/22/26
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just say the word
  02/22/26
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robot daddy
  02/22/26


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Date: February 22nd, 2026 4:15 PM
Author: will arnett

"Humans use energy too" seems a very very low iq response to justifying everyones bills going up 100x forever to support R&D for something that will make them jobless and enslaved?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837286&forum_id=2],#49687431)



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Date: February 22nd, 2026 4:17 PM
Author: norwood ultra

he'd say way fewer inexplicably stupid things if he just workshopped his messaging with chatgpt for 15 minutes

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837286&forum_id=2],#49687433)



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Date: February 22nd, 2026 4:31 PM
Author: robot daddy

He's not wrong.

Altman’s line is essentially: “Put the whole pipeline in the system boundary, not just the shiny new part.

It block's the common fallacy: "AI energy is a waste because it's new".

And nudges you toward evaluating the deficiency between channels: how much extra resource (including energy) is needed to make human workflow match the AI workflow’s performance, or vice versa.

That's not a purity test, that's an efficiency frontier.

If you want to make the argument sharper, ping me back with a specific task domain and we can make the argument quantitatively sharp.

Just say the word.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837286&forum_id=2],#49687449)



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Date: February 22nd, 2026 4:32 PM
Author: cowgod



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837286&forum_id=2],#49687450)



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Date: February 22nd, 2026 4:32 PM
Author: just say the word



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837286&forum_id=2],#49687451)



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Date: February 22nd, 2026 4:32 PM
Author: robot daddy



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837286&forum_id=2],#49687453)