I’ve seen a lot on the EA and 80,000 Hours websites about the dangers of misaligned AI, which is fair enough. But I haven’t seen much about how well-aligned AI can help us. In particular, climate change seems like an ideal problem to put AI to work on, because it’s so complex and systemic.
AI and climate change are two of the major concerns of longtermism. Why not link them together and make one the solution to the other one?
Can AI solve climate change?
I’ve seen a lot on the EA and 80,000 Hours websites about the dangers of misaligned AI, which is fair enough. But I haven’t seen much about how well-aligned AI can help us. In particular, climate change seems like an ideal problem to put AI to work on, because it’s so complex and systemic.
AI and climate change are two of the major concerns of longtermism. Why not link them together and make one the solution to the other one?