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AI cannot break physics.

AI cannot magically make engines more efficient or CO2 not a greenhouse gas.

Is your argument that the world economy is running so close to theoretical maximum efficiency that AI can't improve it?

More likely that any ideas AI comes up with will be "mid" and face the same implementation obstacles that already exist, coupled with the majority of energy burnt up by AI will go to frivolous ends, making personalised dog whistles, derivitive elevator muzak, et al.

So you're abandoning your earlier argument about us bumping up against the laws of physics and instead arguing that AI won't make the economy more efficient due to frivolous usage?

That's plainly false, as that's just not how markets work over the long term. We only see distortions like this iver the short term due to investor subsidies.

> So you're abandoning your earlier argument

Can you point me to my earlier argument (the time marks are individual comment URLs)

Oh, you're someone else. Now I'm just confused why you responded to my question that was directed at someone else.

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