AI is being hailed as a climate savior, but new insights are painting a much darker picture! Turns out, making fossil fuel extraction *more efficient* with AI could actually supercharge global emissions by up to 5%, essentially adding an entire country's worth of pollution annually. It's about AI helping big oil dig deeper and faster.
Some ex-tech giants are even calling it a 'self-reinforcing effect' between supply and demand, making our climate goals harder to reach. Are we trading short-term gains for long-term disaster? #AICLimate #FossilFuels #TechEthics https://www.wired.com/story/ai-could-he… 🔗
