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MonkderDritte ,

I say shut up.

kenkenken ,
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I wish to live in a world where the media doesn’t consist of articles about how some rich or famous person says or thinks something.

Thorny_Insight ,

There may be others reasons to interview Bill Gates about AI than the fact that he’s rich and famous.

Thorny_Insight ,

If this isn’t the most cynical message forum then I don’t know what is.

BeMoreCareful ,

And that’s why he’s so rich.

Bougie_Birdie ,
@Bougie_Birdie@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Well as long as Bill says it’s cool, I guess I don’t have to form my own opinion

JoeKrogan ,
@JoeKrogan@lemmy.world avatar

We should at least hear what Ja Rule has to say

psmgx ,

I’d prefer to hear 50’s opinion over Ja Rule

AbidanYre , (edited )

640kW should be enough for anyone.

Cryan24 ,

I have to admit, this one took me a minute 🙂

IrateAnteater ,

Wait, is that a random number, or the actual scale of the power draw we’re talking about?

'Cause that’s fuck-all when we’re talking about industrial level power draw.

AbidanYre ,

computerworld.com/…/the-640k-quote-won-t-go-away-…

I originally had MW but changed it to be more in line with the supposed original quote.

uriel238 ,
@uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Are we absolutely sure it’s real Bill Gates and not Robot Bill Gates? I mean he’s had bad takes before but maybe it’s best to be sure?

Phegan ,

Mr anti climate change says not to worry when it benefits him.

Fuck bill gates, fucking nepo-baby

Static_Rocket ,
@Static_Rocket@lemmy.world avatar

Fuck it. Gun it at the brick wall. Jerry’s rigging up an emergency break as we speak. Don’t mind that the last piece to said break may be missing.

  • Man who will probably die before we hit the wall
maxinstuff ,
@maxinstuff@lemmy.world avatar

Iceland figured this out some years ago, and now they make heaps exporting computing power to international AI compute buyers.

They do it with a naturally cold climate, and loads of geo-thermal power.

Fades ,

oh okay

TheGrandNagus ,

Rich billionaire twat who owns a shitload of Microsoft shares says AI is good, don’t let the bubble burst. More at ten.

555_1 ,

Don’t forget about him spending time on Epstein’s island with a bunch of underage girls.

TheGrandNagus , (edited )

Or how the Gates foundation fought for the Oxford COVID vaccine NOT to be open sourced, and instead sold for profit, so that it wouldn’t undermine his pharma stocks.

Oxford university had previously secured funding from the UK gov to develop the vaccine under the expectation they open source it so that poorer countries would have greater vaccine access and the rollout could be faster.

sunzu , (edited )

Said a guy banging a Russian ballet dancer while married.

Should we really listen to a guy like that?

Epstein hooked it up for the downvoters :)

catloaf ,

Depends on how the person he’s married to feels about it. I don’t know how they define their relationship.

sunzu ,

She divorced him

ExcursionInversion ,
@ExcursionInversion@lemmy.world avatar

I mean his life, who cares.

gencha ,

He was on flights to Epstein’s Island. Everyone should care

PotatoesFall ,

Least insane techno-optimist

lvxferre ,
@lvxferre@mander.xyz avatar

This screams FAITH (Filthy Assumptions Instead of THinking) from a distance, on multiple levels:

  1. Assuming that the current machine learning development will lead to artificial general intelligence. Will it?
  2. Assuming that said AGI would appear in time to reduce power consumption. Will it?
  3. Assuming that lowering the future power consumption will be enough to address issues caused by the current power consumption. Will it?
  4. Assuming that addressing issues from a distant future means that the whole process won’t cause harm for people in a nearer future. Will it?

Furthermore, Gates in the quote is being disingenuous:

“Let’s not go overboard on this,” he said. “Datacenters are, in the most extreme case, a 6 percent addition [to the energy load] but probably only 2 to 2.5 percent. The question is, will AI accelerate a more than 6 percent reduction? And the answer is: certainly,” Gates said.

The answer addresses something far, far more specific than the main issue.

If I may, here’s my alternative solution for the problem, in the same style as Gates’:

Kill everyone between the North Pole and the Equator.

What do you mean, it would kill 85% people in the world? Well, you can’t make an omelet without breaking some eggs, right? Nobody that I know personally lives there, so Not My Problem®. (Just keep Japan, I need my anime to watch.)

…I’m being clearly sarcastic to deliver a point here - it’s trivially easy to underestimate issues affecting humankind, and problems associated with their solutions, if you are not directly affected by either. Gates is some billionaire bubbled around rich people; this sort of problem will affect the poor first, as the rich can simply throw enough money into their problems to make them go away.

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