Brad JohnsonApr 9, 2025

Tech sociopath billionaire Eric Schmidt is testifying that humanity needs to destroy itself in service of AI gods

"The demand will go from 3% to 99% [sic] of total generation"
"an additional 29 gigawatts by 2027 and 67 more gigawatts by 2030"
"superintelligence is the intelligence higher than humans"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXoXMETZUiE

Update: he may have meant to say 9%

Full Committee: "Future of AI Technology, Human Discovery, and American Global Competitiveness"

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Eric Schmidt worships a techno-Moloch.

https://hillheat.news/p/we-need-the-energy-in-all-forms-renewable-non-renewable-whatever

"we need the energy in all forms, renewable, non-renewable, whatever"

Sociopathic billionaire Eric Schmidt is a worshipper of the techno-Moloch

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Chair Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.) asks Schmidt about climate change. With a fevered gleam in his eye, Schmidt replies, "we CANNOT cut down any of the sources of energy right now" but "the future will be SO much cleaner and SO much more efficient as a result of these algorithms."
Apr 9, 2025 at 4:24pmWeb
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Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) worships the fracking gods: "Dr. Schmidt, you just said—and I agree with you—that we need more energy in all forms...We do need natural gas."
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Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Fla.), former chair of the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, does not discuss the climate crisis but instead talks about "supercharging the grid to bring more energy projects on line."
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Rep. Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.): "We must make it easier to build transmission infrastructure to meet our nation's growing energy demands and to be the global leader in AI. I hope this is something the committee can get serious about."
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Dante responds.