• Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca
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    9 hours ago

    Tech sector says only carbon-emitting gas plants are reliable enough today to power the EU’s AI goals.

    🤣🤣🤣🤡

    Add to that the fact that most of the gas in Europe comes from the US. Some AI sovereignty that.

    • BeatTakeshi@lemmy.worldOP
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      But but but… When AI reaches the singularity it will solve the climate crisis… Trust me bro… A few more billions and we’re there bro…

  • M137@lemmy.today
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    17 hours ago

    It shouldn’t even be a possible choice, nothing should ever be more important than not destroying the planet. And AI is waaaaaaaay down the list of things that have any kind of weight on the other side of a choice.

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      17 hours ago

      But if we don’t build out AI (and destroy the earth in the process) how will we ever get to mars ( a planet that is already destroyed)

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      I just don’t understand how the systemic thinking of these people work. The environment holds up both people and the economy. And while people always need some kind of economy to specialize and form a modern society, economic goals should always be subject to people’s priorities. We can disagree on common good or individual rights, but ultimately the dominant dependencies seem pretty clear to me: you cannot live a modern life with a functioning economy if your environment is in shambles.

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        The problem is they aren’t thinking about that at all. They only think about how they personally benefit in this fiscal quarter.

  • Dyskolos@lemmy.zip
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    17 hours ago

    or risk surrendering its tech sovereignty to China.

    China? I worry waaay less about them than about the USA fascists who already own us because we chose digital slavery over sovereignty.

    Some countries already took action and ditched Microslop and co for FOSS, but it’s a tiny minority so far.