Cynical thought:
What if the push toward AI isn't really about AI at all, but rather avoiding shareholder lawsuits from jerkwads who are anti- climate-change initiatives?
IOW, the entire *point* is to bork climate change mitigation?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/microsoft-s-ai-obsession-is-destroying-the-company-s-climate-goals/ar-BB1mvCof
Deirdre Saoirse Moen /
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2024-05-17 20:34:34
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