It sort of is, no? To agree with it, you need to share the goal of maximum utilization. Sam Altman seems to take that as a given. But clearly people disagree and not just with RAM. Most kitchens and bathrooms are unused most of the time, but that doesn't mean every home having one is bad.

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jcelerier a day ago | parent | next [-]

> Most kitchens and bathrooms are unused most of the time, but that doesn't mean every home having one is bad.

isn't communal living the most efficient thing resource-wise though?

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flexagoon a day ago | parent [-]

I think that's exactly the point OC was making, it's the most efficient resource-wise but that doesn't make it the objectively best form of living

	▲	jcelerier 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I don't think "objectively best form of living" is a sequence of words that make sense. Objectively best for whom and with what impact on the others?

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MattRix a day ago | parent | prev [-]

No, he was not saying that was his goal! That's what everyone seems to misunderstand about this quote.

It's like a highrise developer saying "people think our buildings take up a lot of land, but actually houses are much worse from a land use perspective". Which is objectively true, and yet does not mean the developer thinks the entire world should be turned into houses, or even that they dislike houses!

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kasabali a day ago | parent [-]

Except he was the developer who signed a deal with land owners to buy 40% of the land with the intention of building houses to rent and caused condo prices to 5x.

	▲	MattRix 12 hours ago \| parent [-]
		No, it's more like he was just clearing up the misconception that "cities would be better places to live without all the highrises in them".