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AI might be a fantastic tool to help fix the environment, though.
People aren't listening to human scientists and you think they'll be happy with an scary AI saving the planet?
If they're not listening to humans or AI, then they're not going to be happy with anything and should probably be ignored.
Unfortunately it's hard to ignore the people running your country.
I doubt the people running the country are worried about a "scary AI saving the planet." Their main concern is ignorant masses of voters who are scared of it.
It will be used to drive more consumption.
It will be used for both. The way out of global warming is going forward in technology, not backward.
We already use AI in climate change models. This is a large language model that honestly, we don't need.
bold of you to assume microsoft is interested in that