The town of Cochrane, Alberta, came within minutes of withdrawing from a national net-zero framework based on arguments from an AI-powered misinformation campaign uncovered by Canada's National Observer. A last-minute move by the mayor put the brakes on the decision — for now.

“This website I’m quoting from, I don’t know a whole lot about… but I just thought their words were better than mine.”— Alberta councillor, citing a website with an AI chatbot pushing towns to quit net-zero programs

  • Reannlegge@lemmy.caEnglish
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    19 days ago

    Once AI is better and wipes life out on this planet then yes it can help with climate change!