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For a Thing That Will Supposedly Fix the Climate, AI Sure Needs a Lot of Fossil Fuels(www.splinter.com)

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rah@feddit.uk
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Will Supposedly Fix the Climate

Uhh… wut?

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jagged_circle@feddit.nl
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AI won’t fix the climate, but it also doesn’t need fossil fuels either.

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Rooskie91@discuss.online
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5 years ago: “We really need to be careful with AI, it might turn everything into paperclips!!!”

Now:" AI needs paperclips to run so we need to destroy our planet and turn it into paperclips for AI"

Drexler must be rolling in his grave.

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Optional@lemmy.world
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Anyone who believes it’s going to take AI to find out fossil fuels are killing us all rapidly is a complete fucking moron.

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Sanctus@lemmy.world
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AI was never going to save the climate. Its meant to give elites even more control over the population

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