Jensen Huang talks about AI and climate change like a supervillain
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Jensen Huang said on The Ezra Klein Show that AI could help fight climate change only after it causes severe harm. The comments were made in the latest episode of The Ezra Klein Show. The coverage frames his stance as the familiar accelerationist argument that justifies damage from dirty-energy data centers, while criticizing the perspective behind it.
Why it matters
As Jensen Huang puts it, AI can help fight climate change - but only if it inflicts "an enormous amount of pain and suffering" first. The Nvidia CEO discussed the future of energy and AI's impact on our planet in the latest episode of The Ezra Klein Show. But his comments boil down to the […]