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2026-09-12 22:15:24 UTC

David Ho on Nostr: I wrote this quickly at a bus stop and didn't realize it would go viral, or else I ...

I wrote this quickly at a bus stop and didn't realize it would go viral, or else I would have worded it better. But the point is that the media is too credulous about AI killing everyone in 10 years (how?) when climate change is killing people now and will only get worse (we know exactly how).

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:77lswp42lgjyw36ozuo7kt7e/post/3mvd5x44mzs2g
I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below.