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[–] [email protected] 84 points 1 year ago (21 children)

requires an intensive carbon footprint

Maybe we should focus on the collapsing ecosystem then instead of training AI datasets.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (4 children)

AI might be a fantastic tool to help fix the environment, though.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

People aren't listening to human scientists and you think they'll be happy with an scary AI saving the planet?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If they're not listening to humans or AI, then they're not going to be happy with anything and should probably be ignored.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Unfortunately it's hard to ignore the people running your country.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It will be used to drive more consumption.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

It will be used for both. The way out of global warming is going forward in technology, not backward.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

We already use AI in climate change models. This is a large language model that honestly, we don't need.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

bold of you to assume microsoft is interested in that

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