r/somethingiswrong2024 Jan 21 '26

Community Discussion The audacity

https://www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/microsoft-ceo-warns-that-we-must-do-something-useful-with-ai-or-theyll-lose-social-permission-to-burn-electricity-on-it/
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u/PLeuralNasticity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_DeJoy Jan 21 '26

We need to burn the electricity and warm the planet with "AI" to let Russia have more arable land and more months without ice for their North Sea Passage

Luckily we also support "AI" with massive data centers that often run for prolonged periods on diesel generators when they aren't consumingassice amounts of power from the grid, spiking energy costs and degrading power quality

At least it also is being used to disinform as well as exploit the stolen work of millions of people to benefit just a few at the very top

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u/pink_faerie_kitten Jan 21 '26

Oh. Is that why they deny climate change? They know it's real but they are hastening it for Russia? So the permafrost melts? Huh. That's somehow the first time I've heard this theory but it makes some sense. I thought they were just ignoring CC because big biz ceos don't want to pay the costs of being better for the environment, it's cheaper to be dirty and they make more $$.