Seems like a straightforward choice to me.
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I agree, we need to protect ai at all costs.
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It shouldn't even be a possible choice, nothing should ever be more important than not destroying the planet. And AI is waaaaaaaay down the list of things that have any kind of weight on the other side of a choice.
But if we don't build out AI (and destroy the earth in the process) how will we ever get to mars ( a planet that is already destroyed)
I just don't understand how the systemic thinking of these people work. The environment holds up both people and the economy. And while people always need some kind of economy to specialize and form a modern society, economic goals should always be subject to people's priorities. We can disagree on common good or individual rights, but ultimately the dominant dependencies seem pretty clear to me: you cannot live a modern life with a functioning economy if your environment is in shambles.
or risk surrendering its tech sovereignty to China.
China? I worry waaay less about them than about the USA fascists who already own us because we chose digital slavery over sovereignty.
Some countries already took action and ditched Microslop and co for FOSS, but it's a tiny minority so far.
Is that an ultimatum? Bye
Tech sector says only carbon-emitting gas plants are reliable enough today to power the EU’s AI goals.
🤣🤣🤣🤡
Add to that the fact that most of the gas in Europe comes from the US. Some AI sovereignty that.
But but but... When AI reaches the singularity it will solve the climate crisis... Trust me bro... A few more billions and we're there bro...
Then no data centers, I guess.
But the most power hungry part is the training stage. Use solar and train them during the day time, because that doesn't depend on being operational non stop.
I don't agree with the datacenter lobby and I firmly believe that the EU is more than capable of screwing up both things at the same time.