We are close to 1.5 degree global warming. And the world is rather busy with war, than actually make a unified effort to change things. That is depressing to me, not that AI can make somewhat convincing background scenery movies (as standalone videos I do not found them convincing, all in all impressive, sure, but too many errors).
I’m more worried that if AI really works out, businesses will end up consuming as much energy as they possibly can using it, because using it more than the competition will provide another edge. It’s not clear how we are supposed to reduce energy consumption. Is there a boundary of diminishing returns that would impose a limit?
I think the big visionaries behind the main ai developers are all hoping to achieve agi, and that it will be able to fix everything, outweighing the short-term vast usage of energy trying to create it
