i see a lot of naysaying in the comments and a lot of superstition.
the one thing you all got right is that it will never work in the hands of capitalists. however, that doesn’t mean it wouldn’t work in the hands of academia.
another thing that i think somebody in this comment section got right is the acceleration of fusion power. it’s obvious that fusion power works. we just can’t work out the details to make it net positive and scalable. i think those things are possible, and that we need all the help we can get to develop it.
something i don’t see people mentioning is how an AI properly trained on human behavior could lead us down a path of sustainability without making us feel like we were forced to. with the right carrots and sticks, you can lead humanity to water and make it drink.
but none of this is possible without abandoning capitalism and unifying the world. we have to move away from nation states and fiat currency. and guess who are the people that stubbornly cling on to these concepts across cultures? conservatives and the religious - these are the two most cancerous concepts in the human species. roughly half of the human population across all cultures are backwards minded people clinging on to outdated concepts and unwilling to let go of the idea.
if you can figure out how to eliminate conservatism and religion, utopia is within reach.
While the fusion idea is a nice dream, it’s already too late. We have renewable energy and storage options now, that can be installed now, that we need to do everything we can to accelerate now, as our best hope
Sure, fusion has a lot of potential but we can’t afford to wait another decade or two for even the best hope of controlling it, then figure out how to scale it to the world. Regardless of the merits and assuming all the best, it’s just too late. We need to fix global warming faster than that could possibly be developed and scaled out and it is possible to scale out renewables and storage for at least 100%!of residential needs before fusion could possibley pan out in even the most optimistic scenario
of course we should be using all renewables now (as well as nuclear), but the world will only need more and more energy in the future. Sustainables are a bridge and a supplement, but for long term security, fusion is the answer. fusion empowers us to do whatever humanity is capable of.
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.
I just don’t care anymore. I’m done fighting. I’m 54 years old this month, single with no kids or family. We got the world we deserve.
AI Datacenters are on course to consume an increase in power more than the current consumption of the nation of Japan.
AI already consume more power than crypto.
They’re the opposite of a solution to climate change, they’re a slow fire that will consume all.
And what have the LLMs produced? Jack fucking shit: just a lot of IP theft, research fraud, and worsening customer service.
Seriously, we’re killing the earth so a robot named Josh can cosplay severe auditory processing disorder in a bid to irritate me enough to give up on my custom service call.
solving global warming is really simple: kill off all human beings.
i wonder how long ai algorithms will take to figure that out.
Global warming is already achieving that goal. It’s a self-regulating system.
Except it’s disproportionately killing those producing the least amount of global warming - I’ve yet to hear of a billionaire killed by global warming.
You could do it in order of CO2 footprint, which pretty much tracks wealth. I bet if you just killed off the top 1% you’d make a huge dent.
