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3/13/2026, 1:48:52 AM

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Sam Altman: “We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water, and people buy it from us on a meter.”

So, replace "intelligence" with "compute" and you have big tech's vision for us. Computational power metered like a utility.

Interesting to hear Altman say this when OpenAI isn't really a data center hyperascaler. They're a software company. He buys his compute from papa Microslop.

https://mastodon.social/@fromjason/116191400688736544

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If compute is to be our new capital by way of it being the fuel that runs our lives, then compute must behave like a finite resource. For compute to be a finite resource, big tech must restrict where these resources (GPUs and CPUs) are allocated. All compute must now be centralized; restricted to data center kingdoms owned by only the largest most wealthy firms. That means less local-compute devices, and more cloud-tethered thin clients. The GPU "shortage" makes a whole lot more sense.

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