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[–] burgersc12@mander.xyz 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

"Sure massively wasteful 'AI' systems could somehow solve the climate crisis but they probably most definitely absolutely won’t" so they probably absolutely won't lol. Half the time it works every time...

[–] imadabouzu@awful.systems 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Credit is a funny thing. If you merely exist in proximity to a solution, you can, by some means, claim credit to it.

"AI solved the climate crisis, because look, the climate crisis was solved, and some people also used AI!"

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 9 points 1 month ago

AI is playing a role in the ongoing climate crisis. Namely that of the villain.