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[–] miz@hexbear.net 37 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

Eric Schmidt recently said "we can't solve climate change so we might as well go all in on AI". since we can't prevent Eric Schmidt's eventual death shouldn't he be guillotined immediately?

[–] Runcible@hexbear.net 12 points 9 months ago

The answer would seem clear

[–] Flyberius@hexbear.net 9 points 9 months ago

What I hate so much about this is that even if the AI could solve the problem, it would just offer advice that has already been ignored for decades and would be ignored again. These people have wilfully destroyed the planet so that they can live like emperors. I dearly hope that there is some sort of cosmic retribution after death.

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Eric Schmidt recently said "we can't solve climate change so we might as well go all in on AI"

I saw that take almost word for word from a fairweather leftist on this site.

I fucking hate inevitabilist arguments. They're less than useless, and if they were applied centuries ago they'd be "we can't end slavery so may as well expand it."

[–] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I forgot who, but it reminds me of that Fox News chud who said “eh, us humans had a good run! Let’s pollute the crap out of the world and go extinct! YOLO!”

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

One American Libertarian presidential candidate once said that the sun would envelop and destroy Earth in millions of years therefore climate change wasn't a problem. Similar vibes.

[–] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

MFW Libertarianism (and pretty much all of right-wing ideology) is unironically just the Voluntary Human Extinction movement.

They’re not even protecting porky, they just unironically want us all to go extinct because they’re too lazy to clean up the mess they’ve made.

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 3 points 9 months ago

It's death cults with "I got mine" characteristics all the way down.

[–] SchillMenaker@hexbear.net 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Idk, miz up there makes a pretty good inevitabilist argument.

[–] TraschcanOfIdeology@hexbear.net 36 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I thought this was well known by scientists, that with rising temperatures the effectiveness of the carbon cycle drops. Besides, wasn't it ocean phytoplankton the largest carbon sink, way more than forests?

[–] DeathsEmbrace@lemm.ee 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah but it’s concerning when plants who reliably use CO2 in a necessary function stop using carbon dioxide at the same level as before. Chloroplasts use the Calvin cycle and you can just look at an image and realize that carbon dioxide is vital to its reduction. So when this stops becoming effective this is the most likely result.

[–] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 12 points 9 months ago

It's not "plants are no longer photosynthesizing," it's "the sources of emissions have caught up to sinks," largely thanks to changes in pest activity, soil respiration, and wildfires.

[–] MaoTheLawn@hexbear.net 13 points 9 months ago

don't worry, the deep sea mining operation is well underway

[–] Philosoraptor@hexbear.net 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

The ocean in general is by far the largest carbon (and heat) sink. Some of that is from photosynthesis--about 70% of all the photosynthesis on the planet happens in the ocean --and some of it is just brute absorption of CO2. That system is showing signs of flagging also, as increased temperatures reduce water's ability to hold CO2 and disruptions to thermohaline circulation hamper oceanic photosynthesis, but it was really land-based sinks that dramatically failed this year (partially because of all the wildfires).

[–] the_itsb@hexbear.net 26 points 9 months ago
[–] Thordros@hexbear.net 25 points 9 months ago

'the age of extinction is supported by theguardian.org'

kind-vladimir-ilyich

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 20 points 9 months ago (2 children)

This is why le Mars colony so important dae le can't have all eggs in one basket so let's burn the basket a bit faster and yeet one of the eggs against a brick wall! so-true my-hero

[–] dat_math@hexbear.net 14 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

so let's burn the basket a bit faster and yeet one of the eggs against a brick wall

chefs-kiss

[–] EatPotatoes@hexbear.net 8 points 9 months ago

Rather live in waterworld then fucking Mars

[–] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 20 points 9 months ago

grillman: “hyuck hyuck! But carbon is good for plants!”