Critics slam boardrooms for using AGI narratives to justify compute expansion amid climate crisis
im_mansigupta · x · 2026-10-04
- immansigupta argues tech boardrooms justify endless compute expansion by claiming superintelligence will someday cure climate change — waiting for a magic pill while the world burns from their own actions.
- The quoted post notes that for Africa, climate change is about now: failing crops, shrinking lakes, displaced people — while distant boardrooms count record profits. 'We don't have a climate problem. We have a justice problem.'
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