Silicon Valley is obsessed with talking about the end of the world. They’re largely full of sh*t. But it’s still worth taking AI seriously and asking why we can’t think about moving beyond it (and capitalism.)
Capitalism enables Silicon Valley technologists, and ethno-nationalists who make up this apocalyptic alliance to fuel the fire that is AI as we know it
00:00 - it’s easier to imagine AI ending humanity than the end of capitalism
06:19 - What’s so scary about AI?
09:52 - So why is everyone taking AI so seriously?
11:40 - Why the end times discourse?
17:19 - The logic / theology of disruption
19:47 - Why can’t we disrupt capitalism tho
22:19 - The computer as salvation
24:44 - We don’t need AI. We need to end capitalism
This is outdated doomer propaganda. Solar and wind have equal or higher EROEIs than most fossil fuels, and given their technological trajectories, they keep getting better by the day, while the EROEI of fossil fuels keeps dropping (as observed by aforementioned doomers). This becomes even more clear when considering the massive energy loss involved in heat in fossil fuels, which renewables don’t suffer from, making the calculus even better in favour of renewables.
Can you provide a link to a peer-reviewed academic article supporting your claims?
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41560-024-01518-6
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-44232-9
Thank you! I am going to try to get to these this weekend. I really do appreciate it.