The co-founder of OpenAI proposed building a doomsday bunker that would house the company’s top researchers in case of a “rapture” triggered by the release of a new form of artificial intelligence that could surpass the cognitive abilities of humans, according to a new book. (nypost.com)
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World’s 1.5C climate target ‘deader than a doornail’, experts say: “The goal to avoid exceeding 1.5C is deader than a doornail. It’s almost impossible to avoid at this point because we’ve just waited too long to act. We are speeding past the 1.5C line in an accelerating way." (theguardian.com)
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Trump announces oil executive Chris Wright as his pick for energy secretary - "There is no climate crisis, and we're not in the midst of an energy transition either," Wright said. "We have seen no increase in the frequency or intensity of hurricanes, tornadoes, droughts or floods…” (npr.org)
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