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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] 48 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Schmidt promises that these AI companies will make energy generation systems at least 15% more efficient or maybe even better, telling the audience that “that’s a lot of money for a utility.”

He's not even trying to be subtle about it.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I would love to drop these guys into a post scarcity society where their money means jack shit and see how they react.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago

Can you drop me there first, please?

I promise to be suitably wowed. Also, I’ll film them for you. Sacrifices for the greater good or whatever.