AI Won’t Save Us from Climate Change – And Here’s Why
If you think AI will magically solve climate change, you’ve been drinking too much Silicon Valley Kool-Aid.
AI may dazzle with promises of a cleaner future, but it’s nowhere near capable of solving the massive global crisis of climate change. Sam Altman of OpenAI claims that AI will bring an “Intelligence Age” and even fix the climate. But such techno-optimism overlooks a key truth: our climate crisis isn’t just a technological challenge — it’s a regulatory, human and economic one.
While AI might help with incremental improvements — like smarter power grids or advanced battery materials — the hard reality is that we already have most of the tech needed to decarbonize. The real hurdle? Overcoming regulatory failures, entrenched fossil fuel interests, and sheer human inertia.
To fix the climate, we need policy changes and massive infrastructure transformation, not just smarter machines. Can AI really address humanity’s systemic unwillingness to act fast enough?
Read the full article on MIT Technology Review.
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