Reid Hoffman
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And given that it is an inevitable, it's a physics process. I worry about that. That's one of the, I think, likely outcomes of the next administration that will be a serious impact. Now, that being said, like you said, okay, bull bear on the next administration, they'll go, oh no, climate change is a fiction and it's a liberal conspiracy and you know, dah, dah, dah.
And given that it is an inevitable, it's a physics process. I worry about that. That's one of the, I think, likely outcomes of the next administration that will be a serious impact. Now, that being said, like you said, okay, bull bear on the next administration, they'll go, oh no, climate change is a fiction and it's a liberal conspiracy and you know, dah, dah, dah.
And you're like, why would the liberals bother with a climate change conspiracy? I mean, it's just like the logic of this is not great. But what they might do, which I would hope, again, be hopeful for, is they say, look, what we really need to be doing is doing the Apollo projects on the right kinds of clean energy.
And you're like, why would the liberals bother with a climate change conspiracy? I mean, it's just like the logic of this is not great. But what they might do, which I would hope, again, be hopeful for, is they say, look, what we really need to be doing is doing the Apollo projects on the right kinds of clean energy.
And you're like, why would the liberals bother with a climate change conspiracy? I mean, it's just like the logic of this is not great. But what they might do, which I would hope, again, be hopeful for, is they say, look, what we really need to be doing is doing the Apollo projects on the right kinds of clean energy.
And we're going to now go 10x down onto that, including all versions of nuclear, as well as everything else. And that actually might have a very positive impact over time in what we're doing with climate change.
And we're going to now go 10x down onto that, including all versions of nuclear, as well as everything else. And that actually might have a very positive impact over time in what we're doing with climate change.
And we're going to now go 10x down onto that, including all versions of nuclear, as well as everything else. And that actually might have a very positive impact over time in what we're doing with climate change.
Well, it's a frequent misconception because there's obviously a growth of a electricity curve that AI has got climate impact. One, it's something like data centers, I think, or something like it's some single digit percentage of all power consumption, like three something. So it's not very big. And then AI within data centers is like a single digit percentage of that.
Well, it's a frequent misconception because there's obviously a growth of a electricity curve that AI has got climate impact. One, it's something like data centers, I think, or something like it's some single digit percentage of all power consumption, like three something. So it's not very big. And then AI within data centers is like a single digit percentage of that.
Well, it's a frequent misconception because there's obviously a growth of a electricity curve that AI has got climate impact. One, it's something like data centers, I think, or something like it's some single digit percentage of all power consumption, like three something. So it's not very big. And then AI within data centers is like a single digit percentage of that.
So currently, AI is not accounting for any of the electricity that makes any of the difference. No, but it's growing. And you go, well, what happens if it continues to grow in a compounding way? And so and so everyone goes, ah, I can be I can be green and climate by posturing in the media, by saying AI is bad for climate. Pay attention to me, please. Lay, pay attention to me, please.
So currently, AI is not accounting for any of the electricity that makes any of the difference. No, but it's growing. And you go, well, what happens if it continues to grow in a compounding way? And so and so everyone goes, ah, I can be I can be green and climate by posturing in the media, by saying AI is bad for climate. Pay attention to me, please. Lay, pay attention to me, please.
So currently, AI is not accounting for any of the electricity that makes any of the difference. No, but it's growing. And you go, well, what happens if it continues to grow in a compounding way? And so and so everyone goes, ah, I can be I can be green and climate by posturing in the media, by saying AI is bad for climate. Pay attention to me, please. Lay, pay attention to me, please.
This is a little bit like the people who are being anti-nuclear, which then caused a whole bunch of coal plants to be built, which caused a whole bunch of environmental degradation as a consequence of being anti-nuclear. It's a similar thing because AI has several points of being massively positive on climate. Here's a simple actual data point.
This is a little bit like the people who are being anti-nuclear, which then caused a whole bunch of coal plants to be built, which caused a whole bunch of environmental degradation as a consequence of being anti-nuclear. It's a similar thing because AI has several points of being massively positive on climate. Here's a simple actual data point.
This is a little bit like the people who are being anti-nuclear, which then caused a whole bunch of coal plants to be built, which caused a whole bunch of environmental degradation as a consequence of being anti-nuclear. It's a similar thing because AI has several points of being massively positive on climate. Here's a simple actual data point.
So Google's engineers, some of the best in the world at running data centers, thought we have run our data centers as efficiently as possible. It was, I think, five, seven, eight years ago, DeepMind ran their algorithms on Google's data centers and figured out how to save 15%. of the electricity. So think about you're applying AI and intelligence to go, how do we run our grids more efficiently?
So Google's engineers, some of the best in the world at running data centers, thought we have run our data centers as efficiently as possible. It was, I think, five, seven, eight years ago, DeepMind ran their algorithms on Google's data centers and figured out how to save 15%. of the electricity. So think about you're applying AI and intelligence to go, how do we run our grids more efficiently?
So Google's engineers, some of the best in the world at running data centers, thought we have run our data centers as efficiently as possible. It was, I think, five, seven, eight years ago, DeepMind ran their algorithms on Google's data centers and figured out how to save 15%. of the electricity. So think about you're applying AI and intelligence to go, how do we run our grids more efficiently?