A deadpan climate crisis and AI article beats my absurdity
Tom KirkmanIndependent Project Manager
An article which Scientifically addresses two of my favorite
“you vill drink zee Kool-Aid” topics:
● Climate Crisis
and
● AI
I surrender, this article’s Kool-Aid-Drinking absurdity is written so totally seriously, it makes me laugh at its bald faced ridiculousness.
Even I can’t write deadpan absurdities in such a totally serious furrowed brow worrying manner, and pull it off by publishing it in the ludicrously compromised Mainstream Media.
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“Many believe that the climate crisis is humanity’s most pressing issue today. Global warming, rising sea levels and extreme weather events are already impacting lives across the globe, and they are only forecast to get worse.
New and emerging AI technology is frequently hailed as a beacon of hope that it will provide solutions to challenges we’ve been unable to solve so far.
But while AI undoubtedly has the potential to be hugely transformative, there’s also a great deal of hype around it.
This is hardly surprising when technology companies with huge marketing budgets hope to make $184 billion this year by selling it!
So, how realistic is it to expect that it will provide us with solutions to these very real and urgent challenges?
Let’s examine the claims being made and how well they stack up against what’s actually being achieved.
● 》What Is Being Said?
World Economic Forum says that the use of AI can contribute to the fight against climate change. According to its report, “the technology is already being used to send natural disaster alerts in Japan, monitor deforestation in the Amazon, and design greener smart cities in China.” …
● 》Solving The Climate Crisis
So what’s being done in the real world today and how does this stack up against the grand claims that are being made for the potential of AI? …
● 》Hype Or Reality?
Judging on the evidence from projects and initiatives being carried across the globe today, it seems realistic to conclude that AI has the potential to at least help mitigate the dangers of climate crisis. …
… Averting the climate catastrophe that scientists predict we are heading for will take concerted efforts at a political level and by us as individuals.
But new real-world applications for AI in climate action are emerging by the day.
In particular, AI that helps us in the search for clean energy sources, and tools that enable everyday people to maximize their contribution to climate action, offer tangible hope.
By treating AI as just one of the many tools we will need to mitigate and repair the damage being done to the planet, it may indeed play a part in building a more sustainable future.”