Why ChatGPT is unlikely to solve climate change

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8 pointsMarcoDewey3 comments

The AGI fixing everything obsession almost reads like those stories in the Bible where someone makes an idol and starts praying to it for answers.

I’d prefer AI companies focus on smarter robotic process automation, removing the toil from everyday jobs rather than the focus on putting Studio Ghibli animators out of business.

Scientists: maybe you should stop living beyond your means to save the planet for your children

Capitalism: screw that, i want a second opinion

Capitalism: but how?

[lightbulb goes on]

Capitalism: of course! i'll invent a super-smart AI to tell me how to do it! delightfully devilish, seymour.

[ten years of burning power and money later]

The AI: according to scientists, you should stop living beyond your means

Capitalism: I WANT A SECOND OPINION

Sam Altman: but how?

It does feel like an ASI with access to all the data and ideas around climate change would basically inevitably come to this conclusion. Perhaps it could change the exact definition of what’s in our means with more efficient resource production, recycling, and distribution, but at the end of the day it’s a fairly simple inputs vs outputs usually.

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