May 23, 2024
Too cheap to meter?
Here’s a mind-bending quote from Sam Altman of OpenAI:
“We should all hope for a world where intelligence is too cheap to meter.”
I posted this on LinkedIn a couple of days ago, and the discussion in the comments is bonkers.
A few clear themes cropped up:
- People debating what “intelligence” even means
- Claims that this is just self-serving BS from (yet) another tech huckster
- Cries of “But what about the IP theft/environmental impact?!”
Here’s the thing...
It’s fine if people want to grind their axes in a comment thread on one of my posts.
But my intent wasn’t to take sides on any of those things, one way or the other.
It was simply a call to come up with a list of things that computers will never be better at than humans.
Just in case.
Yours,
—J