Altman's 'Intelligence Like a Water Meter' Quote Ignites OpenAI Mission-Drift Backlash
sebpaquet · x · 2026-09-05
Quoting Sam Altman's line that intelligence will become "a utility, like electricity or water" bought "on a meter," a viral X post rails against OpenAI's trajectory: founded nonprofit and open, it raised billions, closed its code, converted to for-profit, scraped the internet for training data, and now charges users for access. The thread captures ongoing backlash over OpenAI's mission drift and its intelligence-as-utility business model.
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