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OpenAI Isn't Building Models. It's Building Infrastructure

AGI requires vast physical infrastructure

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Dave Friedman
Apr 24, 2025
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Most accelerationists treat AGI as if it were a matter of smarter algorithms and longer context windows. They obsess over benchmarks and parameter counts. Sam Altman sees it differently. His vision of artificial general intelligence doesn’t begin with software breakthroughs. It begins with bulldozers, energy contracts, and foundry reservations.

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