NemeskitoTechnology@lemmy.worldEnglish·4 months agoBill Gates says not to worry about AI's energy draw(www.theregister.com)external-linkarrow-up1209arrow-down142message-square83fedilink
arrow-up1167arrow-down1external-linkBill Gates says not to worry about AI's energy draw(www.theregister.com)NemeskitoTechnology@lemmy.worldEnglish·4 months agomessage-square83fedilink
minus-squareschizoEnglisharrow-up65arrow-down1·4 months agolinkfedilinkSo if we light the planet on fire to fuel the AI, the AI will then tell us how to put the fire out. Okay sure, but how about we just… don’t do any of that?
minus-squareRonnyZittledongEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down0·4 months agolinkfedilinkThe AI solution will be to stop producing food. That would save enormous amounts of energy.
minus-squareschizoEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down0·4 months agolinkfedilinkNo more food, but here’s half a pound of cricket flour. Meets all your daily nutritional needs!
minus-squarecybermassEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down0·4 months agolinkfedilinkFeeding humans is not needed to keep the world saving AI running, so why would we even bother?
So if we light the planet on fire to fuel the AI, the AI will then tell us how to put the fire out.
Okay sure, but how about we just… don’t do any of that?
The AI solution will be to stop producing food. That would save enormous amounts of energy.
No more food, but here’s half a pound of cricket flour. Meets all your daily nutritional needs!
Feeding humans is not needed to keep the world saving AI running, so why would we even bother?
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