So, what if the cost of creating a human was treated just like an electricity bill?
Recently, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman justified the massive energy consumption of Artificial Intelligence with a chilling comparison:
“creating a human also takes a lot of energy.”
This is no longer just a philosophical debate.
It marks a brutal paradigm shift in Platform Capitalism.
For the tech monopolies, intelligence is being decoupled from human responsibility, reducing us to inefficient biological processors.
In the framework of Transition Science, this mindset drives the “Architectures of Exclusion”, where public subsidies, energy grids, and research ecosystems are extracted to feed private algorithms.
For EU decision-makers, researchers, and deep tech entrepreneurs, understanding this shift is the difference between securing your project’s future and unknowingly funding your own obsolescence.
In this episode, you’ll discover:
* The danger of the e/acc (Effective Accelerationism) philosophy and how it drives the dehumanization of innovation in EU funding.
* The difference between “Silicon Intelligence” and “Biological Intelligence” in the transition economy and why the ultimate competitive advantage is liability and decision-making, not just processing power.
* How to avoid your research project becoming mere “raw material” to be extracted by big tech platforms.
* Practical action tasks to protect the sovereignty of your consortium or startup, ensuring your funding translates into true Transition Efficiency.
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