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Microsoft CEO warns that we must 'do something useful' with AI or they'll lose 'social permission' to burn electricity on it (www.pcgamer.com)

submitted 7 months ago by throws_lemy@reddthat.com to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Workers should learn AI skills and companies should use it because it's a "cognitive amplifier," claims Satya Nadella.

in other words please help us, use our AI

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[–] OshagHennessey@lemmy.world 74 points 7 months ago (2 children)

"Microsoft thinks it has social permission to burn the planet for profit" is all I'm hearing.

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[–] P1k1e@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago

Well, they at least have investor permission...which is the only people they care about anyway

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[–] AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml 1 point 7 months ago

Probably in the Hobbes sense that they're not actively revolting

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