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As People Ridicule GPT-5, Sam Altman Says OpenAI Will Need ‘Trillions’ in Infrastructure


Despite recent embarrassments, the OpenAI CEO's attitude appears to be: Onward and upward!

“You should expect OpenAI to spend trillions of dollars on data center construction in the not very distant future,” Altman told reporters. For instance, one good question might be: Is it really worth spending trillions of dollars just to create a line of mildly amusing chatbots that only give you accurate information a certain percentage of the time? Do the negative externalities associated with AI use (a massive energy footprint, alleged reduced mental capacities in users, and a plague of cheating in higher education) outweigh the positive ones (access to a slightly more convenient way to find information online)?

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