• Damage@feddit.it
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    5 months ago

    Bill Gates says the massive power draw required for AI processing is nothing to worry about as AI will ultimately identify ways to help cut power consumption and drive the transition to sustainable energy.

    We already know how

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      5 months ago

      Yeah, this is one of the many things that annoys me about AI discourse.

      “We can use it to solve climate change!”

      We already technically know how to solve climate change, but politics makes doing that impossible.

      And, no, AI can’t “fix” politics. We’re going to have to figure that out by ourselves.

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        5 months ago

        Climate scientists: “do these things to fix climate change”
        Everyone: “but that’s HAAARD and I don’t wanna!”
        AI developers: create AI
        Climate scientists: “AI is drawing massive power accelerating climate change, we need to stop that”
        Everyone: “but it can tell us how to fix climate change so it’s going to be okay!”
        AI climate model: “do these same things to fix climate change”
        Everyone: “but that’s HAAARD and I don’t wanna!”

        Yeah, I can’t see any way this could possibly fail…

  • teletext@reddthat.com
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    5 months ago

    Bill Gates says the massive power draw required for AI processing is nothing to worry about as AI will ultimately identify ways to help cut power consumption and drive the transition to sustainable energy.

    The final solution the AI comes up with: Cut the power of the poor, euthanize the old and weak.

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      5 months ago

      Dead wrong. AI is not as reliable as their makers would like to believe. AI is more likely to adopt all the flaws of humanity than make anything “better.” A subjective term.

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    5 months ago

    The guy who owns the company leading the charge on AI is telling you not to worry about the power that AI uses.

    I mean it should go without saying that you should completely ignore this.