If we're offering our unsolicited opinions, I say Eric Schmidt should go all-in on shutting the fuck up. His "screw the environment, let's make more profits this quarter!" attitude is harming us all...

So he's just gambling

I don't care how astronomical their mathematical models are, they are not 'the arrival of an alien intelligence'.

Dust off the ol choppy mcchopperface it’s time to eat

Maybe he should read Juice by Tim Winton to see how people in the future feel about that! He’s one of those deadhead techbros.