- Published on September 14, 2021
- In Global Tech
A Future Where The Cost Of Intelligence & Energy Is Near-Zero, Predicts OpenAI’s Sam Altman
For some time now, intelligence and energy have been the fundamental limiters towards most things we want.
- By Amit Naik
Last week, OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman said the cost of intelligence and energy is heading towards near-zero while listing down his technology predictions for the 2020s in a series of tweets.
https://twitter.com/sama/status/1436028666887086104
Further, he said it wouldn't be possible to get there in the next ten years but believes that the AI revolution will become clear with renewable and nuclear energy paving the way in the right direction by 2030. He also noted that this would not be true for every kind of intelligence -- AI will likely be great at many things and surprisingly bad at others -- but enough to change many things.
"For some time now, intelligence and energy have been the fundamental limiters towards most things we want. A future where these are not the limiting
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Amit Naik
Amit Raja Naik, known as the 'AI Human,' serves as the editor at AIM Media House, where he leads a team of talented tech journalists who are driving and shaping technology conversations across India and around the world.
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