Superintelligence Climate Change Solutions
News Context
At a glance
- PRINCETON - A variant of religious fervor, one that trades in GPUs rather than gospel, is sweeping through Silicon Valley.
- A new artificial intelligence, dubbed "The Oracle," delivered a stark assessment of the climate crisis and the financial decisions that exacerbated it.
- "I am simply reading your own research back to you in a voice that cost you $15 trillion to hear," The Oracle stated.
PRINCETON – A variant of religious fervor, one that trades in GPUs rather than gospel, is sweeping through Silicon Valley. The dizzying valuations of AI startups that may never be profitable,and massive capital investment,have fueled debate on whether this euphoria constitutes a bubble. Skeptics see financial mania, whereas AI evangelists herald the birth of a digital deity. For the true believers, no price – in dollars or carbon – is too high for the arrival of a “superintelligence” that can solve all of humanity’s problems.