Eric Schmidt says we’re not going to meet our climate targets, so we must put all our energy into improving AI and hope it solves the problem for us.

He’s part of a growing chorus of tech billionaires openly admitting they’ll sacrifice the climate on the altar of their AI ambitions.

https://disconnect.blog/silicon-valley-is-sacrificing-the-climate-for-ai/

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Silicon Valley is sacrificing the climate for AI

Eric Schmidt is the latest tech executive to claim AI must be built regardless of the climate cost

^{Paris Marx (Disconnect)}

Because Eric will be able to afford water, oxygen, and climate control that most will not.

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt says we should go all in on building AI data centers because 'we are never going to meet our climate goals anyway' https://www.businessinsider.com/eric-schmidt-google-ai-data-centers-energy-climate-goals-2024-10

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Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt says we should focus on AI, not climate goals

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt said that AI is advancing so fast, and requires so much energy, that there is no way to keep up with climate goals.

^{Kenneth Niemeyer (Insider)}