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Sam Altman would like remind you that humans use a lot of energy, too | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)

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“But it also takes a lot of energy to train a human,” Altman said. “It takes like 20 years of life and all of the food you eat during that time before you get smart. And not only that, it took the very widespread evolution of the 100 billion people that have ever lived and learned not to get eaten by predators and learned how to figure out science and whatever, to produce you.”

So in his view, the fair comparison is, “If you ask ChatGPT a question, how much energy does it take once its model is trained to answer that question versus a human? And probably, AI has already caught up on an energy efficiency basis, measured that way.”

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[–] petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You learn social skills from people.

[–] qualia@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In what way does AI prevent people from socializing with one another?

[–] petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You're asking how an AI that tutors you might displace the need for people who tutor you? Hm.

You know that people used to know their tailor? You could bring your son in, get him a suit for his birthday. "Hey, this is my boy, William. William, this is Richard, I've been coming to him for years. He does great work. How's the wife, Richard?" I have never spoken to the Amazon website like this. I don't think it can hear me.

[–] qualia@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Steelmanning is what wins arguments. For example if I were to say that your argument amounts to little more than lazy contrariness some percentage of us Lemmings would see that as uncharitable, regardless of whether they agreed with my position. I'm not suggesting updoots are important, just that discourse is.

That being said while education and socialization aren't inherently dependent on one another, certain subjects like debate, civics, and ethics should likely be taught in group settings (as well as more often). PhysEd as well.

But if harder sciences and math have the potential to be taught outside the sometimes stressful social hierarchies of traditional schools, it's worth at least exploring.

PS: Regarding your username, have you seen the excellent Philip Set it Hoffman movie "Love Liza"?