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<p class="card-text line-clamp-3">"Intelligence too cheap to meter" doesn't quite come across the way Altman might intend.</p>
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</div><p></p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/89c24017-839a-45ce-b841-6d4f07d5098a/we-see-a-future-where-intelligence-is-a-utility-like-electricity-or-water-amp-people-buy-it-from-us-on-a-meter.</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:06:11 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/89c24017-839a-45ce-b841-6d4f07d5098a.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 20:12:21 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to “We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water &amp;amp; people buy it from us on a meter.” on Tue, 26 May 2026 23:36:02 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/sheril%40mastodon.social">@<span>Sheril</span></a></span> this can't be emphasized enough.</p><p>They're nothing but thieves and grifters. Governments and law institutions are doing almost nothing. All in the name of "progress." Altman and the other snake oil merchants keep promising them things they don't understand. And instead of surrounding themselves with knowledgeable people, they just buy the fools gold, no questions asked, either hoping it's real or scared they'll be left behind if they don't.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sunny.garden/users/dacmot/statuses/116643500030068840</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sunny.garden/users/dacmot/statuses/116643500030068840</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[dacmot@sunny.garden]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 23:36:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to “We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water &amp;amp; people buy it from us on a meter.” on Tue, 26 May 2026 23:23:19 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/sheril%40mastodon.social">@<span>Sheril</span></a></span> yes, that's absolutely true <img src="https://board.circlewithadot.net/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f44d.png?v=28325c671da" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--+1" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="👍" alt="👍" /></p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116368687705205605/statuses/116643449995146905</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116368687705205605/statuses/116643449995146905</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[lupe12@mastodon.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 23:23:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to “We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water &amp;amp; people buy it from us on a meter.” on Tue, 26 May 2026 22:49:12 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/sheril%40mastodon.social">@<span>Sheril</span></a></span> </p><p>And they’ll sell us sunlight, air, and water too if we let them.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/justcameheretosay/statuses/116643315886192358</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/justcameheretosay/statuses/116643315886192358</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[justcameheretosay@beige.party]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 22:49:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to “We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water &amp;amp; people buy it from us on a meter.” on Tue, 26 May 2026 22:26:44 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/sheril%40mastodon.social">@<span>Sheril</span></a></span> Motherfucker can't even be bothered to comb his hair. He can fuck right the fuck off.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115494710698880506/statuses/116643227525560715</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115494710698880506/statuses/116643227525560715</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[thriftwicker@mastodon.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 22:26:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to “We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water &amp;amp; people buy it from us on a meter.” on Tue, 26 May 2026 22:25:04 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/sheril%40mastodon.social">@<span>Sheril</span></a></span> </p><p>How much does a genuine human thought cost? How much is its worth, what is its value? The whole basis of AI and LLM is based on previous knowledge built by generations of human beings. That cannot be own by anyone as it is our human heritage, a gift from previous generations to us all.<br />Making that your own is a theft, a crime against all of us.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ai" rel="tag">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/llm" rel="tag">#<span>llm</span></a></p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/xs4me2/statuses/116643220989381085</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/xs4me2/statuses/116643220989381085</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[xs4me2@mastodon.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 22:25:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to “We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water &amp;amp; people buy it from us on a meter.” on Tue, 26 May 2026 22:10:17 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<span><a href="/user/sheril%40mastodon.social">@<span>Sheril</span></a></span> wow! Just wow! As someone who's got no books to be taken without permission to train OpenAI, I not only agree with people whose books were taken without permission to train OpenAI, but I think this is all just... Fucked up to the absolute deepest level imaginable!]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://libranet.de/objects/0b6b25a8-486a-161a-4987-008098621183</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://libranet.de/objects/0b6b25a8-486a-161a-4987-008098621183</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[petrescatraian@libranet.de]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 22:10:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to “We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water &amp;amp; people buy it from us on a meter.” on Tue, 26 May 2026 22:08:14 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/daniel%40colquitt.xyz">@<span>daniel</span></a></span> <span><a href="/user/sheril%40mastodon.social">@<span>Sheril</span></a></span> in general, it is this type that chooses not to understand, and consequently to intentionally or deliberately exploit, the distinction between paying for applied skills versus time spent on a project.</p><p>Do it well and swift? You are overpriced. Do it well but slow? Your are overrated. In general, these types are the core proponents of applying a competence tax; they provide no tangible value beyond the incarnation of biological middleware.</p><p>His propaganda is but one of many sins.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/drmorrisj/statuses/116643154756788002</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/drmorrisj/statuses/116643154756788002</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[drmorrisj@mastodon.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 22:08:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to “We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water &amp;amp; people buy it from us on a meter.” on Tue, 26 May 2026 22:04:43 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/sheril%40mastodon.social">@<span>Sheril</span></a></span> <br />- Something something<br />- hand wave<br />- capitalism<br />- political graft<br />- 'we own your work now'</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/tankgrrl/statuses/116643140983760543</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/tankgrrl/statuses/116643140983760543</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[tankgrrl@hachyderm.io]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 22:04:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to “We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water &amp;amp; people buy it from us on a meter.” on Tue, 26 May 2026 21:57:48 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/sheril%40mastodon.social">@<span>Sheril</span></a></span> there’s so much wrong with this narrative, beyond the IP issues. The notion that intelligence is a commodity is abhorrent. The important parts of intelligence — things like accountability, judgement, and context — cannot be commoditised.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://colquitt.xyz/users/daniel/statuses/116643113750346250</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://colquitt.xyz/users/daniel/statuses/116643113750346250</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[daniel@colquitt.xyz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 21:57:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to “We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water &amp;amp; people buy it from us on a meter.” on Tue, 26 May 2026 21:04:15 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/sheril%40mastodon.social">@<span>Sheril</span></a></span> Genuinely, we should have seen this coming as far back as Aaron Schwartz, if not earlier. We've normalized journals selling papers back to the universities and governments that paid for the research, for longer than I've been alive. Of course some other dogshit capitalists would take note of that easy money, like Hitler watching the public acceptance of the Armenian genocide.</p><p>The rot isn't new. We're just seeing it from new angles, angles which make it feel blatant for what it is.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://raphus.social/ap/users/116366479330331657/statuses/116642903226593954</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://raphus.social/ap/users/116366479330331657/statuses/116642903226593954</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[maddiem4@raphus.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 21:04:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to “We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water &amp;amp; people buy it from us on a meter.” on Tue, 26 May 2026 20:48:03 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/sheril%40mastodon.social">@<span>Sheril</span></a></span> That's seriously fucked up.  Rage against the machine.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://urbanists.social/users/tmstreet/statuses/116642839511416608</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://urbanists.social/users/tmstreet/statuses/116642839511416608</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[tmstreet@urbanists.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 20:48:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to “We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water &amp;amp; people buy it from us on a meter.” on Tue, 26 May 2026 20:44:43 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/sheril%40mastodon.social">@<span>Sheril</span></a></span> <br />any molecule of Sam Altman is a abusive fraud in itself, the whole bunch of it is the same, no wonder.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pouet.chapril.org/users/bituur_esztreym/statuses/116642826361127707</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pouet.chapril.org/users/bituur_esztreym/statuses/116642826361127707</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[bituur_esztreym@pouet.chapril.org]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 20:44:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to “We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water &amp;amp; people buy it from us on a meter.” on Tue, 26 May 2026 20:42:35 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/sheril%40mastodon.social">@<span>Sheril</span></a></span> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/AI" rel="tag">#<span>AI</span></a> is <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/clankers" rel="tag">#<span>clankers</span></a> <img src="https://board.circlewithadot.net/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f916.png?v=28325c671da" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--robot_face" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="🤖" alt="🤖" /> all the way down, and that’s why <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/wankers" rel="tag">#<span>wankers</span></a> love <img src="https://board.circlewithadot.net/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f495.png?v=28325c671da" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--two_hearts" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="💕" alt="💕" /> it *so much!*</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Resist" rel="tag">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/AIslop" rel="tag">#<span>AIslop</span></a>.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.science/users/ChemicalEyeGuy/statuses/116642817995864789</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.science/users/ChemicalEyeGuy/statuses/116642817995864789</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[chemicaleyeguy@mstdn.science]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 20:42:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to “We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water &amp;amp; people buy it from us on a meter.” on Tue, 26 May 2026 20:35:46 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/sheril%40mastodon.social">@<span>Sheril</span></a></span> reminds me of Nestlé and water. Or Nestlé and baby formula. Or Nestlé and child labor.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/P__X/statuses/116642791184968653</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/P__X/statuses/116642791184968653</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[p__x@mastodon.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 20:35:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to “We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water &amp;amp; people buy it from us on a meter.” on Tue, 26 May 2026 20:33:09 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/mcahalane%40mastodon.world">@<span>mcahalane</span></a></span><br />Ah, welcome to the wonderful work of intellectual property.</p><p>Where things like thoughts that you might have independently become illegal. </p><p>No matter if it's a specific algorithm, or a character or the plot of movie. </p><p>The funny thing is that the propaganda suggests that the creative professionals profit most from these, but generally it's the big corporations that profit most.<br /><span><a href="/user/sheril%40mastodon.social">@<span>Sheril</span></a></span></p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/yacc143/statuses/116642780883236184</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/yacc143/statuses/116642780883236184</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[yacc143@mastodon.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 20:33:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to “We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water &amp;amp; people buy it from us on a meter.” on Tue, 26 May 2026 20:24:04 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/mcahalane%40mastodon.world">@<span>mcahalane</span></a></span> <span><a href="/user/sheril%40mastodon.social">@<span>Sheril</span></a></span> both electricity and water used to be “public” utilities.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/users/gdsherif/statuses/116642745162004908</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/users/gdsherif/statuses/116642745162004908</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[gdsherif@c.im]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 20:24:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to “We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water &amp;amp; people buy it from us on a meter.” on Tue, 26 May 2026 20:20:02 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/sheril%40mastodon.social">@<span>Sheril</span></a></span> who the hell gives him the right to own intellgence?</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/mcahalane/statuses/116642729360216342</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/mcahalane/statuses/116642729360216342</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[mcahalane@mastodon.world]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 20:20:02 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>