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return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 7 months ago

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt says we should go all in on building AI data centers because 'we are never going to meet our climate goals anyway'

www.businessinsider.com

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Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt says we should go all in on building AI data centers because 'we are never going to meet our climate goals anyway'

www.businessinsider.com

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Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt said that AI is advancing so fast, and requires so much energy, that there is no way to keep up with climate goals.

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    By his logic—we may as well just bury this guy alive, he’s just going to die anyways.

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      I’m…like super good at digging…

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        Username checks out

        I can mark the area

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          …w…w…with…paint?

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            <Padme and Anakin meme>

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          deleted by creator

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        What shovel would you use to dig a 60 ft hole?

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          Hitachi 1200 with a long stick lol.

          Why the fuck are we going so deep?

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            So he can’t crawl back up? It’s October.

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              ROFL… And also to assure he cannot be a zombie

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            I like @Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 's comment the best, but actually, a friend once joked that, “I had a friend that could dig 60 ft holes, see, he dug 60 ft holes because the police stop digging for bodies after 50 ft.” So #zerocontext to the broad Internet, but just the same, an arbitrary ridiculous number to ask!

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    Another billionaire tech founder demonstrating that these are exactly the people who need to be kept as far away as possible from positions of influence in our society.

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    Even ignoring the selfish elitist tone, this is like saying “things won’t be perfect, so why even try?” I hate defeatism, especially when it harms all of us.

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      Its probably not defeatism, just a billionaire tech sociopath trying to pump his investments in data centers.

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    Be honest, Eric. “We should go all in on harmful bullshit because I make money from it.”

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    These Google guys are such a disappointment. They could’ve done something inspirational, but what have they done?

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      Been evil

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    “Be evil” - Google Man

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      Maybe he is just preparing the world for other lifeforms?

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    Would be a shame if someone sunk his yacht

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      Untangle him from the electricity grid

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      I’ll call the orcas

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    Did he also say “And do not quote me” the same way he did when he told people to just steal what they want and hire lawyers to clean up the mess if they were successful?

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      It’s easier to apologise than ask permission.

      /s

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        “It’s easier to ask forgiveness than it is to ask permission” was coined by Admiral Grace Hopper for use in a very different context. It is intended to mean that, when dealing with a beaurocracy like the military, it is often easier to ask forgiveness than to ask permission.

        She certainly wouldn’t have intended for it to be used in the context of theft.

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          Which was why I put the sarcasm “/s” at the end.

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    So much for don’t be evil.

    At least as the planet burns, it will be because we now have AI that tells us to superglue our pizza together or jump off the Golden Gate Bridge. Whatever would we do without it?

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    Take a long walk off a short pier, Eric.

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    Currently getting coffee, Viking Hippie says Eric Schmidt should go fuck himself with a rusty rail spike and keep his garbage opinions to himself.

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    And if AI decided that the fastest way to make a difference with climate change was to guillotine all the billionaires, he’d be on board? Because I can save all that spend and tell him right now that removing that number of super polluters who consistently lobby against environmental protections would make a noticeable impact.

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      AI - Arsehole Intelligence

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      Current “AI” isn’t really AI, more like autocorrect on steroids. “Real” AI will have the ability to program itself. Once we flip the switch on it’ll move so fast in complex, inhuman ways that we’ll never even be able to truly understand it.

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        no.

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    Hopefully Google kills him off next.

    https://killedbygoogle.com/

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    Plus Elon and Sergey and Jeff said they’re totally leaving room for me in the domed city while the space ark is being built.

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