cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/21623016
Jensen Huang, the CEO of supercomputer chip-maker Nvidia, has for years claimed that his company’s artificial intelligence products, as some of the most advanced scientific tools in history, will help the world solve climate change, warning last year that “climate disasters are now normal.”
Yet Huang is now loudly cozying up to U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright, even though Wright is fully on board with the Trump administration’s climate denial policies.
A so-called “climate science” report Wright’s Department of Energy released in July has been condemned by scores of scientists as “biased, full of errors, and not fit to inform policymaking.” The report is part of the administration’s effort to overturn the scientific basis for regulating greenhouse gas emissions as pollution — the 2009 endangerment finding — under the Clean Air Act.
Dick sucking at its finest. Can’t wait for Nvidia to crash.
I work in O&G and my own CEO - who has long and loud been a climate skeptic - decided he was finally turning a corner on the EPA in our last All Hands Meeting. The guy very loudly and proudly announced that the Federal Government (which is suddenly extremely trustworthy and reputable!) has released an abundance of New Data (no, we can’t see it) that categorically proves what we’ve been doing is good for the planet.
Like, at this point, I’m pot-committed to sucking at the teet of the Permian Basin. And I honestly can’t complain too loudly, because someone in middle management realized a few years back that if you plug all the leaks in your gas mains, you not only help the environment but save a fuckton of money. Identifying and plugging leaks via drone surveillance (and proving out the cost savings) has been my job for the last three years.
But holy fuck do I ever get tired of hearing this asshole yap about how good petrochemicals are for the economy, the country, and the planet. I’m already sucking your dick, you don’t need to lie to me about how it tastes.
Why do you still work there if you feel this way? Working for oil and gas is only supporting the existing order, and most people in O&G have very transferable skillsets.
Why do you still work there if you feel this way?
Because the salary and benefits are good and I’m experienced in the work.
Working for oil and gas is only supporting the existing order, and most people in O&G have very transferable skillsets.
I spent seven years in Healthcare IT taking shit pay to help doctors process insurance claims faster. I spent two years working at a retail advertiser mass marketing annoying online micro target ads. I’ve worked on a couple political campaigns (for free) doing data analytics for candidates who didn’t actually read them.
I guess I could be working for… Microsoft? Walmart? Lockhead Martin?
Who is the Virtuous Employer?
At least in this role I can point to a number on a ledger and proudly say “I was involved in capping the release of this much methane gas into the atmosphere”.
Give him a break, he’s the guy plugging leaks. Better to have someone competent doing it than not.
In the perfect world we’d only ever do what our integrity and self-worth would allow us, but this isn’t the perfect world.
his company’s artificial intelligence products, as some of the most advanced scientific tools in history, will help the world solve climate change
Remember that joke about asking an AI to solve traffic, and when it responds with “Use trains” the user declares it must be broken?
“Stop burning fossil fuels and reduce emissions? That can’t be right!”
Capital always breaks fascist
When capital which values profit over all realizes it can make more money by being evil: 🫡
bro is fellating autocrats left and right
Ruth Porath (Google) also praised Trump energy policies.
Jensen, is furthermore all in on Skynet militarism and support for Palantir to mass surveil Americans. In addition to giving China the best tech to compete with US empire domination.
What makes Trump/GOP the worst participants in government is the pure oligarchist corruption. Loyalty+bribes equals full government support for their extortion power.
More like passion for making you profits.
