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    These Google guys are such a disappointment. They could’ve done something inspirational, but what have they done?

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    Plus Elon and Sergey and Jeff said they’re totally leaving room for me in the domed city while the space ark is being built.

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    And if AI decided that the fastest way to make a difference with climate change was to guillotine all the billionaires, he’d be on board? Because I can save all that spend and tell him right now that removing that number of super polluters who consistently lobby against environmental protections would make a noticeable impact.

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    Did he also say “And do not quote me” the same way he did when he told people to just steal what they want and hire lawyers to clean up the mess if they were successful?

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        “It’s easier to ask forgiveness than it is to ask permission” was coined by Admiral Grace Hopper for use in a very different context. It is intended to mean that, when dealing with a beaurocracy like the military, it is often easier to ask forgiveness than to ask permission.

        She certainly wouldn’t have intended for it to be used in the context of theft.

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    Currently getting coffee, Viking Hippie says Eric Schmidt should go fuck himself with a rusty rail spike and keep his garbage opinions to himself.

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    “Because it’s a universal technology, and because it’s the arrival of an alien intelligence… we may make mistakes with respect to how it’s used, but I can assure you that we’re not going to get there through conservation.”

    I can’t understand what he’s saying, even though it’s in english. Did AI mean Alien Intelligence all this time?

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    This is a sensationalized title. As always - nobody ever reads the bloody articles. What he actually said was

    we’re not going to hit the climate goals anyway because we’re not organized to do it.

    Is he that wrong? Do you think we actually are organized enough?

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      We are organized enough, the problem is that we keep getting sabotaged by a tiny few billionaires who want to buy heir next island. AI won’t help there anyway

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    Another billionaire tech founder demonstrating that these are exactly the people who need to be kept as far away as possible from positions of influence in our society.