Former Google CEO says climate goals are not meetable, so we might as well drop climate conservation — unshackle AI companies so AI can solve global warming - eviltoast
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    2 months ago

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

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      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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        “Alright, let’s turn on the AI Mega-Thinker 3000 TM and see what it says about solving climate change.”

        INVEST IN RENEWABLE ENERGY AND OVERTHROW THE BILLIONAIRE CLASS
        

        “…well that can’t be right.”

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      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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        I keep meaning to do the scroll of truth meme but it’s him and the scroll is AI and it says “stop burning fossil fuels”

        Nyyeegghh!

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      AI: “Have you tried funding public transport and regulating the carbon industry?”

      Ok, now we need to make a new AI so that AI can solve global warming but without using an existing solution that might marginally inconvenience the mega rich.

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      This guy… he’s untouchably wealthy and people bow to him like a god everywhere he goes now. I think this really twists a person’s brain - at the very least it puts him out of touch. He probably has almost no idea what he’s talking about anymore.