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Majority of Canadians oppose government support for AI data centres, poll shows (www.theglobeandmail.com)
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[–] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The Nobel committee for Chemistry disagrees with you.

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2024/press-release/

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

    That was for a protein modeling tool, not any discovery or treatment of disease.

    Enjoy your Koolaid, because summers are only getting hotter.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    Did you even read the quote you responded to?

    Otherwise AI is a godsend for many fields, including science and medicine and other kinds of important research.

    and your response started with

    That’s debatable. There has not been a breakthrough using this technology yet

    Last I checked, Chemistry is a science.

    You're now trying to shift the goalposts.

    Global warming is a huge issue, but stopping AI will not materially affect that when we haven't solved the problems that are ACTUALLY causing global warming.

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