• yata@sh.itjust.works
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    10 days ago

    we’re actually on track to stop the worst climate change (thanks to massive Chinese investments)

    No, we damn well aren’t.

    AI could vastly improve our lives in the future

    It could also make it vastly worse in the future, which is the more likely scenario.

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      9 days ago

      No, we damn well aren’t.

      It’s not a clear cut case, but if you look at the development of solar, battery and other renewable technology we definitely are on the right track to stop the worst. We might even be able to reverse some of it by the end of the century.

      It could also make it vastly worse in the future, which is the more likely scenario.

      Yes, I wrote that in the next paragraph…

      Some times this place is really worse than Reddit, wallowing in self pity and downvoting anything positive. In many aspects this is still the best time to be alive no matter where you live in the world and the future is potentially very, very bright.