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[–] ContrarianTrail@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

That 'quote' on the title is not even remotely accurate.

We’re not going to hit the climate goals anyway because we’re not organized to do it — and the way to do it is with the ways that we’re talking about now — and yes, the needs in this area will be a problem. But I’d rather bet on AI solving the problem than constraining it and having the problem if you see my plan.

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[–] Enthusiasticwhale@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Well this is the most dumb thing I've read all morning

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[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 11 points 7 months ago

inb4 they switch the super AI on to solve climate change and it says to switch the super AI off to solve climate change

[–] cley_faye@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

AI will not find a magic solution. Besides, we already have quite a few directions that would help, but we're not acting on them. Pilling more "solutions" over them won't change that.

This really sounds like the parody of rich people that think they can eat and breath safely as long as they have money, the rest of the world be damned.

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[–] Sakychu@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago

We used a small tons worth of electricity to come up with the idea that we should pump less co2 into the atmosphere

[–] Modva@lemmy.world 54 points 7 months ago (1 children)

We're not going to hit those targets anyway... SO LET'S MAKE IT WAY FUCKING WORSE

I wonder if we'll ever get to the place where people like this unexpectedly meet violent ends. They'll sacrifice any number of lives for their shareholders interests.

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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 28 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Jesus christ. Accelerationist technocrats are so fucking stupid, it hurts.

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[–] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 months ago

Oh so we’re at the Hail Mary stage where we throw our hands up and say “fuck it”

[–] SparrowHawk@feddit.it 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

These ppl just want poor people to die and be served by robots, it's never gonna work plus we'll bring them with us

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[–] 5dh@lemmy.zip 146 points 7 months ago (5 children)

AI is not going to come op with a solution and he knows it.

[–] sneezycat@sopuli.xyz 49 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

AGI: bZzt my calculations say you should stop consuming as much energy and move onto green energy generation

Rich people: no, not like that

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[–] SparrowHawk@feddit.it 91 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Especially since the solutions are already here, but rich people just don't like them since it implies the loss of their power

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[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

When these weirdos get older they always stop giving a shit about anyone but themselves or more to the point they stop pretending they ever cared for anyone else.

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[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

He just wants to run his ~~AI datacenters~~ gold mines, climate be damned. And looks like he himself sees AI as some kind of magic bullet, typical exec syndrome.

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[–] r00ty@kbin.life 7 points 7 months ago

I have a better idea. Let's drop climate conservation, use a load of fossil fuels to fire him in a rocket directly into the sun! Then, resume climate conservation.

[–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Former Google CEO's won't ever be immortal, so we might as well drop them off somewhere in the ocean and let them swim back. That should give them enough alone-time to figure out how to become immortal.

[–] Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

You don't even need to go that far.

Just need real courts (based on principles of justice and sober interpretation of corruption and criminality) and proper incentives; full asset seizure and mandatory community service (decade minimum) working as a junior janitor at an Alzheimer patient facility, with restricted access to smartphones/computers and mobility restriction to the immediate area around the facility. You could even get minimum wage while taking part in your community service program.

[–] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Well, at least we know who has a gigantic amount of shares and OpenAI

[–] kshade@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

My guess would be Nvidia. But probably both.

[–] thoralf@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 7 months ago

The climate goals are meetable.

If we want to.

Unless AI forces us to do stuff that we know for decades to be necessary, nothing will change, except a massive amount of additional energy that we need to power the AI.

[–] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] molodye@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

ai can do nothing. besides ai eat more power that may accelerate the crisis of climate

[–] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

So... It'll kill all humans!

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[–] rustyfish@lemmy.world 13 points 7 months ago

This is what happens when we do what CEOs want. We will make the world uninhabitable while getting murked by skynet.

We are officially in a prelude to a sci-fi story.

[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 57 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Oh, I've seen that before.

"Hey AI, please come up with an efficient mass transit vehicle for the modern age."
"Trains."
"Um... no, we need a modern approach that maximizes throughput and--"
"Trains."
"No. How about pods with people inside--"
"On cheap infrastructure with low friction steel wheels and coupled together. Trains."
"It's not letting us push our agenda, this isn't going to work. Hey, other AI..."

[–] llii@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Trains are the carcinization of transport.

I love that we were able to decouple this meme from peterson even tho he popularized it iirc.

Its a good science meme.

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