Altman says abundant intelligence still needs energy and robots to change the physical world
haider1 · x · 2026-08-04
Sam Altman argues that even if intelligence becomes abundant, progress will still depend on energy and robots, because intelligence alone cannot change the physical world.
His point is simple: to produce anything — including intelligence — systems still need to manipulate matter and get work done in the physical world.
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