• eicker@lemmy.worldOP
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    20 hours ago

    The best part is that we spent 15 years cutting emissions just so a handful of billionaires could burn the savings teaching chatbots to summarize emails nobody wanted to read. Then they’ll sell us AI powered climate solutions, funded by taxpayers, to clean up the mess. Innovation really is a beautiful circle.

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      19 hours ago

      Reminds me of how companies strip mine an area into a superfund site then dissolve, leaving no one whose ass we can collectively kick. Turns out we’re the only ass left.

    • zarathustrad@lemmy.world
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      19 hours ago

      Here’s a crazy idea, spend the money on power/network infrastructure now, and build more renewable power generation as we go.

      That way, in the worst case scenario, you have cheap renewable power for a generation rather than warehouses of depreciating and unused silicon.

      Wonder why they decided to run them on NG… Hmmm