Sam Altman says OpenAI wants to sell intelligence like a utility

During a recent appearance at BlackRock in Washington, D.C., OpenAI’s Sam Altman, shared his vision for the future of AI. At one point saying, “We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water, and people buy it from us on a meter.”

Altman was describing a world where AI becomes a foundational infrastructure, something woven into everyday life so deeply that consumers and businesses simply “plug into” it the same way they rely on electricity, Wi-Fi or running water.

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    5 hours ago

    Please Sam, do the world a favor and step in front of a bus.

    Call me paranoid but comments like this really have me worried about forced transhumanism

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      3 hours ago

      The real threats are much less sci-fi and more good old fashioned resource theft and exploitative slavery.

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        2 hours ago

        Exploitative slavery via technological means is a possibility with supportive evidence. It isn’t the 1800s anymore - this is shadowrun.