Sam Altman is being proved right about the economics of AI - AFR

Technology AI Print article Aug 18, 2026 – 9.00am The way Satya Nadella tells it, Sam Altman had a killer pitch when first discussing an OpenAI-Microsoft partnership: “knowledge is the log of compute.” In other words, human knowledge – about anything – is an increasing function of the amount of computing power thrown at it. And knowledge increases more and more slowly as more compute is applied. Loading... Save Log in or Subscribe to save article Share Copy link Copied Email LinkedIn Twitter Facebook Copy link Copied Share via... Gift this article Subscribe to gift this article Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe now Already a subscriber? Login License article Read More AI Opinion OpenAI Microsoft Anthropic China Nvidia Fetching latest articles