Arthur Besse@lemmy.ml to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 hours agoAI researchers are taking up smoking because they expect AI to cure cancer, "as a way of signaling to other researchers how much they believe in AI", Palantir CTO tells CBS News' "Face the Nation"www.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square149linkfedilinkarrow-up1529arrow-down111cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.world
arrow-up1518arrow-down1external-linkAI researchers are taking up smoking because they expect AI to cure cancer, "as a way of signaling to other researchers how much they believe in AI", Palantir CTO tells CBS News' "Face the Nation"www.businessinsider.comArthur Besse@lemmy.ml to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 hours agomessage-square149linkfedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.world
minus-squarejumping redditor [they/them]@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·15 hours agowe know multiple solutions to global warming, but none that keep both the environment and industry alive
minus-squarewazoobonkerbrain@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 minutes agoUnfettered capitalism it is then
minus-squaremcv@friendica.opensocial.spacelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 hours ago@jumping_redditor Not true. It’s possible for industry to coexist with a healthier environment, but that would mean taking responsibility for their externalities, and that’s apparently already too much to ask.
minus-squareLeon@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours agoPeople forget that our economic system isn’t a law of nature. It’s a social construct, and can be changed just like any other.
we know multiple solutions to global warming, but none that keep both the environment and industry alive
Unfettered capitalism it is then
@jumping_redditor
Not true. It’s possible for industry to coexist with a healthier environment, but that would mean taking responsibility for their externalities, and that’s apparently already too much to ask.
People forget that our economic system isn’t a law of nature. It’s a social construct, and can be changed just like any other.