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Phil Lewis

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — Google falling short of important climate target, cites electricity needs of AI.

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RRRVVVWWW's avatar RRRVVVWWW @rrrvvvwww.bsky.social
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Disgusting.

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Matt Ferrel 🍦's avatar Matt Ferrel 🍦 @mattferrel.bsky.social
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There’s a straightforward solution here

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David Fortin's avatar David Fortin @davidwfortin.bsky.social
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We know why they won’t shut it off

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thegregbucking.bsky.social's avatar thegregbucking.bsky.social @thegregbucking.bsky.social
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Has someone posted this yet

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Defiant Jazz Enthusiast's avatar Defiant Jazz Enthusiast @cicadaqueen.bsky.social
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Well, maybe turn it off then because there's nothing AI has done to improve my life Google-wise.

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Pretzelcoatl's avatar Pretzelcoatl @slinkingflorist.bsky.social
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We're going to miss our targets but only because we decided they were less important than ruining our product in the most expensive a s destructive way we could think of.

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Rae's avatar Rae @alsorae.bsky.social
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As if AI is an actual “need”

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Muscle Mouse Mike 's avatar Muscle Mouse Mike @mouse98277.bsky.social
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This is why I don’t use Google

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Elliot Sperber 's avatar Elliot Sperber @elliotsperber.bsky.social
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“Priorities”

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BlepBork's avatar BlepBork @blepbork.bsky.social
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lol who could’ve predicted this?!

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TransitCenter's avatar TransitCenter @transitcenter.bsky.social
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lol

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synthmage's avatar synthmage @synthmage.cloud
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Put me in charge of google, I have some ideas.

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Anne Leader's avatar Anne Leader @leaderannephd.bsky.social
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Well that’s as good a reason as any to stop this AI train.

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Jenne (she/her)'s avatar Jenne (she/her) @librarianjenne.bsky.social
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Oh noes this thing no one wants is stopping us from achieving our goals whatever should we dooooo?

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Justin White's avatar Justin White @jwhite.bsky.social
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“Needs.”

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Nerdy Mushroom's avatar Nerdy Mushroom @nerdymushroom.bsky.social
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Its the budget help meme

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Excalibur Discount Legal Services's avatar Excalibur Discount Legal Services @kevychristian.bsky.social
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Funny how 20 years ago companies like Google and Apple and all the new tech companies were utterly beloved as a benevolent new kind of capitalism. And now they've all publicly devolved into the shareholder-centric jackals they are.

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Cynbel Terreus's avatar Cynbel Terreus @cynbelterreus.bsky.social
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So like they should stop the AI bs then

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Little Gems's avatar Little Gems @lettucewrangler.bsky.social
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Burning down a forest to make a computer that suggests eating rocks every day

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☭ Comrade ☭'s avatar ☭ Comrade ☭ @nowarbutclasswar.bsky.social
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Six fingers > the literal earth

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HuddledMass's avatar HuddledMass @huddledmass.bsky.social
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Oh, FU Google. Man, I hate those guys.

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's avatar @bluecabazon.bsky.social
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Couldsomeoneexplainyomewhy AI is a necessity of life and no one can live without it? Oh wait, that’s water…..

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Brian Sweet's avatar Brian Sweet @sweetinxs.bsky.social
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Jeez then turn it off

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Jessica F. Robot's avatar Jessica F. Robot @mommy.estrogenize.me
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Reid Walley's avatar Reid Walley @reidwalley.bsky.social
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big players have been pulling pack for a while now and more will likely tap the breaks

grist.org/economics/bp...

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TheeBoneDaddy's avatar TheeBoneDaddy @theebonedaddy.bsky.social
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That's easy. STOP AI. Nobody wants that stupid shit anyway.

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Paul Fenton's avatar Paul Fenton @paulfenton.bsky.social
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When are regulators going to step in oh right chevron

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Brian DeViteri's avatar Brian DeViteri @bsbeamer.bsky.social
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For a version of AI that really not a ton of people want or have needed.

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DomCreluise's avatar DomCreluise @cromdeluise.bsky.social
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That's okay, climate targets will be illegal next year.

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Obamna soda's avatar Obamna soda @auntjemima.bsky.social
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Explain in nba terms please

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Candace Robb Author 's avatar Candace Robb Author @candacerobbauthor.bsky.social
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No kidding.

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Call me Umma - Outside Agitator's avatar Call me Umma - Outside Agitator @ummagummibear.bsky.social
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"Needs" is doing an awful lot of heavy lifting in that sentence.

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Torr Leonard 🧵's avatar Torr Leonard 🧵 @torrleonard.bsky.social
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Let’s all do some reading:

bsky.app/profile/torr...

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Willowsaurus 🦖's avatar Willowsaurus 🦖 @waywardwillow.bsky.social
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we are so doomed

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Dr. Dev's avatar Dr. Dev @sicksadfilms.bsky.social
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Hot take: let’s scrape AI.

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🌎's avatar 🌎 @rationalgeographic.bsky.social
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"It wasn't so much a climate pledge as it was a climate affirmation that didn't manifest."

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Full Mental Jackass's avatar Full Mental Jackass @uncle6.org
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It’s going to hit 100 degrees in Mountain View this week, maybe they’ll get the message. Nobody needs your random bullshit generator.

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Pete Woods is full of love and pasta's avatar Pete Woods is full of love and pasta @thatpetewoods.bsky.social
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wednesday 's avatar wednesday @mx0x20wednesday.bsky.social
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so cool that we're cooking ourselves so google can kill people by giving them medical advice for dogs

bsky.app/profile/mx0x...

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Flannely O'Connor's avatar Flannely O'Connor @amcnal.bsky.social
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needs?

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Kristina of ⭐️⭐️'s avatar Kristina of ⭐️⭐️ @maytagsmom.bsky.social
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NO FUCKING DUH.

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KC Momkin's avatar KC Momkin @kc-momkin.bsky.social
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Biden can now officially create a Climate Change executive order and require an application process for any company to use more than X amount of our collective energy resources.

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Julia's avatar Julia @sdrose.bsky.social
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Electricity needs of AI, data centers in the Arizona desert where they require tons of water to keep things cool. Not good, Bob. As if AZ has so much as a drop to spare.

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Anagram Doe's avatar Anagram Doe @anagramdoe.bsky.social
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) - Google falling short of important climate target, cites executive bonus needs of promoting AI to Wall Street

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Hannibal Tabu Dot Com (he/him/his)'s avatar Hannibal Tabu Dot Com (he/him/his) @hannibaltabu.bsky.social
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Jay Schiavone's avatar Jay Schiavone @jaytingle.bsky.social
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Oh, hell.

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Meowski Catovitch's avatar Meowski Catovitch @catovitch.bsky.social
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Turn that shit off!

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Graham Shevlin's avatar Graham Shevlin @grahamshevlin.bsky.social
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So an ephemeral idea with no upside is more important than the planet. Thanks for reminding me why i need to stop using @google

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ken :p's avatar ken :p @poptropican.bsky.social
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then stop it bc nobody asked for it anyway

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Stephanie 🎀's avatar Stephanie 🎀 @beamsandbows.bsky.social
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Eat rocks, Google.

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Kevin Kretsch's avatar Kevin Kretsch @drkevguitar.bsky.social
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Tax business energy consumption on a sliding scale so the biggest users have a huge penalty that will eat up all their damn profits like cookie monster eats cookies.

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Dude Regrettable 🔻🇵🇸's avatar Dude Regrettable 🔻🇵🇸 @electron.bsky.social
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there is no "need" since everyone who isn't a tech-bro hates that junk. lol. lmao.

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alex moar's avatar alex moar @moar2ax.bsky.social
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hmm between its awful & incorrect results, the theft, energy consumption, and bad customer service...maybe...idk...get rid of it

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Kasey Feral Smith 's avatar Kasey Feral Smith @ihazrabies.bsky.social
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Facebook spam is destroying democracy AND the environment.

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