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... any moves to curtail the expanding amounts of energy consumed in developing ... ever more advanced AI models are futile...

More Bill Gates funded propaganda:

Microsoft co-founder says efficiencies for technology and electricity grids will outweigh energy use by data centres

The bottom line: The whole thing feels a little dystopian — giving animals injections so they cook the planet a little less before we cook some of them — but agribusiness sailed over the dystopian hurdle long ago.

Lesser known until recently is the role these billionaire foundations play in convincing various government entities to travel down the same path.

So John Kerry gets the award. Let’s celebrate that.

Microsoft appears to have quietly accepted the reality that renewables cannot deliver the reliable and affordable energy their data centers need.

From a left wing hero of 2014, to a green energy heretic who hangs out with Bjørn Lomborg, to accusations of sex offences. But we've seen all this before.

There’s more to worry about here than the so-called global warming emergency.

... there's nothing I like more than exposing hypocrisy.

They labor ten to twelve hours a day in sweltering heat and toxic mud, water and dust, in enormous pits hundreds of feet deep – hacking at rocky walls and in long, narrow tunnels that collapse with frightening frequency...

Bill Gates appear to think AI has a role in combating political polarisation and misinformation, and advancing his climate agenda.

Who are you to question your betters, peasant? Aristocrats break the rules they try to impose on others, they believe their service justifies any personal excesses.

Will the world's first strong AI focus on proselytising Net Zero? Will children struggling to write homework essays accept liberal life tips from an AI powered talking paper clip?

Will Aussie PM Anthony Albanese listen to Bill Gates position that nuclear power is required to hit net zero?