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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 (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

"I don't wanna stop exploiting, so let's just carry on. Maybe the magic machine will fix the problem somehow, who knows? Or maybe it won't. I don't really give a fuck as long as I get more money. But you guys are probably dumb enough to believe in the magic machine, seeing as how you're poor, so I don't really even need to try to disguise my bullshit."