--- title: Sam Altman Compares Training AI To Raising Kids | daily.dev description: Sam Altman argues that comparing AI training energy costs to human inference is unfair. He contends the fair comparison is inference-time energy per query,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/sam-altman-compares-training-ai-to-raising-kids-pweipjpcn twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Sam Altman Compares Training AI To Raising Kids | daily.dev og:description: Sam Altman argues that comparing AI training energy costs to human inference is unfair. He contends the fair comparison is inference-time energy per query,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/sam-altman-compares-training-ai-to-raising-kids-pweipjpcn og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/pwEipJPCN.png og:image:alt: Sam Altman Compares Training AI To Raising Kids og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Sam Altman Compares Training AI To Raising Kids **[Matt Wolfe](https://daily.dev/sources/mreflow)** · 1 min read · 17 upvotes · 8 comments ## Summary Sam Altman argues that comparing AI training energy costs to human inference is unfair. He contends the fair comparison is inference-time energy per query, where AI has already matched or surpassed human efficiency — since humans require 20 years of development, food, and the accumulated knowledge of 100 billion people before becoming productive. The take is noted as dystopian by the commentator sharing it. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@debajyatidey** · 6 upvotes > That man is a madman! I am telling you. This man has surely lost his mind **@ezpie** · 4 upvotes > I don't know, should I laugh? It would be desrespectful towards little toddlers if I laugh but it's hilarious! **@daniel8000** · 1 upvotes > This is sick. **@andresvaquero** · 0 upvotes > Lol, AIs require those humans to be fed for 20 years, otherwise it would be nothing, because all it does is outsource to human intelligence **@jadzix** · 0 upvotes > I don't really see anything THAT controversial about his take to be honest. The comparison makes sense in this context ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Altman: You think AI is inefficient? Try raising a human](https://daily.dev/posts/altman-you-think-ai-is-inefficient-try-raising-a-human-nzvagdxip) · The Register · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [Sam Altman would like remind you that humans use a lot of energy, too](https://daily.dev/posts/sam-altman-would-like-remind-you-that-humans-use-a-lot-of-energy-too-95mvv75sn) · TechCrunch · 4 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai), [#openai](https://daily.dev/tags/openai) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/sam-altman-compares-training-ai-to-raising-kids-pweipjpcn) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Sam Altman Compares Training AI To Raising Kids","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/sam-altman-compares-training-ai-to-raising-kids-pweipjpcn","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/sam-altman-compares-training-ai-to-raising-kids-pweipjpcn"},"datePublished":"2026-03-01T14:24:20.438Z","dateModified":"2026-03-01T14:24:35.090Z","description":"Sam Altman argues that comparing AI training energy costs to human inference is unfair. 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This man has surely lost his mind","datePublished":"2026-03-03T06:48:36.389Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/pwEipJPCN#c-BJGYTGGtc","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Debajyati Dey","url":"https://daily.dev/debajyatidey","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/127122455?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":6}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"I don’t know, should I laugh? It would be desrespectful towards little toddlers if I laugh but it’s hilarious!","datePublished":"2026-03-02T13:57:36.834Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/pwEipJPCN#c-vNLIXolZI","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Ezpie","url":"https://daily.dev/ezpie","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/104765117?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":4}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"This is sick.","datePublished":"2026-03-11T07:52:22.383Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/pwEipJPCN#c-JnSrTvtGv","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel","url":"https://daily.dev/daniel8000","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--F_RltCZK--/f_auto/v1738746891/avatars/avatar_SOwG1kJqf6HK6TkGmZH45"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Lol, AIs require those humans to be fed for 20 years, otherwise it would be nothing, because all it does is outsource to human intelligence","datePublished":"2026-03-12T02:23:15.216Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/pwEipJPCN#c-SO5WFAjeD","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Andres Vaquero","url":"https://daily.dev/andresvaquero","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ACg8ocIpxnjyr5YKLKCjUjMnSpvSwDA7SrOOKnybvbKU63tPPrJtlA=s96-c"}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"I don’t really see anything THAT controversial about his take to be honest. 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