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Eric Schmidt: ‘We’re not going to hit the climate goals. I’d rather bet on AI solving the problem.’ With "alien intelligence"! (pivot-to-ai.com)
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[–] mii@awful.systems 40 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This will grant us “the arrival of an alien intelligence.” Those are Schmidt’s literal words.

Speaking of alien intelligences, my new Silicon Valley blood magic startup has come up with the idea of ritually sacrificing virgins in the hope of summoning Great Cthulhu or Azathoth, as they might have some ideas of solving the climate crisis.

Not a cult btw.

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is basically the plot of Charles Stross' The Jennifer Morgue.

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 3 points 2 months ago

The plot? Im more and more worried this is going to turn out to be real. Reality tends to outpace his fiction at times after all. ;)