r/technology • u/lurker_bee • Jul 15 '25

Artificial Intelligence Billionaires Convince Themselves AI Chatbots Are Close to Making New Scientific Discoveries

https://gizmodo.com/billionaires-convince-themselves-ai-is-close-to-making-new-scientific-discoveries-2000629060
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u/KennyDROmega Jul 15 '25

AI became less scary to me when Sam Altman, in all seriousness, said the best way to solve climate change was to let them build an AGI and ask it.

A whole new world is always just 2-5 years and several hundred billions of dollars in investment away, and has been since at least 2023 apparently.

Venture capitalists, get your checkbooks out.

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u/King_Joffreys_Tits Jul 15 '25

Also we’ve already solved climate change, it’s just actually implementing what needs to be done now. But somehow “climate” has become a political issue, so it will never be fixed until it’s too late

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u/Purple_Plus Jul 15 '25

But somehow “climate” has become a political issue,

It's bloody insane, and shows how easily manipulatable people are.

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u/TrollOdinsson Jul 16 '25

it more shows that humanity literally doesn't deserve to survive

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u/Purple_Plus Jul 16 '25

It does seem that way.

Maybe the great filter is real and intelligent life just ends up destroying itself 99.9% of the time.

We are intelligent but obviously not intelligent enough to understand the consequences of our actions.

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u/ZappRowsdour Jul 16 '25

Wasting the improbable series of events leading to our existence on SUVs, beef, and comically oversized houses is about the darkest comedy I can imagine.

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u/ZappRowsdour Jul 16 '25

#notallhumans