Pedro Domingos: AI gave climate activists something new to be alarmed about
pmddomingos · x · 2026-10-12
Pedro Domingos recounts a conversation with an atmospheric scientist wondering how to end climate alarmism. His answer: give activist types something else to be alarmed about — and luckily AI provides exactly that. A wry observation that AI has become the new focal point of public panic.
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