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Environmental Baddies 11w
my dad and brother are both software engineers and they’re having a spirited discussion about how AI is the future and they’re so excited for it to get more powerful and i’m just genuinely so scared that it’s going to destroy the environment i’m sad :(
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Anonymous 11w

tell them that, don’t let them marinate in their ignorance. that’s how things get this bad. the bystanders are too afraid to speak up. u got this.

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Anonymous 11w

I was at the energy engineers international conference and everyone was saying that ai is the future of sustainability 😭

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Anonymous 11w
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Anonymous 11w

It could do much more harm to humans than the environment, for now

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 11w

i actually argued with them about it a few days ago but they’re both incredibly stubborn and think that the future benefits of ai outweigh the current downsides. it’s incredibly frustrating

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Anonymous 11w

even the engineers working on ai are comparing it to an eldritch monstrosity 😦

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