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lijokyesterday at 11:56 PM2 repliesview on HN

How many lives would AI have to save for you to say the energy cost is worth it?


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WolfeReadertoday at 12:40 AM

I see no point in making this a numbers game. (Like, I was supposed to say "five" or something?)

Let's make it more of a category thing: when AI shows itself responsible for a new category of life-saving technique, like a cure for cancer or Alzheimer's, then I'd have to reconsider.

(And even then, it will be balanced against rising sea levels, extinctions, and other energy use effects.)

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frizlabyesterday at 11:58 PM

How many lives have been saved by AI? How many lives have been lost because of it?

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