Masters of Scale/Reid Hoffman on AI’s new tune, Davos, an...

So the demand is not like, stop this AI because it's bad for climate. It's like, hey. Make sure you're doing all of these things in your data center development... that makes us net better on electricity and make us net better on our environment.

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Masters of Scale · Reid Hoffman on AI’s new tune, Davos, and the need for CEO...

“So the demand is not like, stop this AI because it's bad for climate.”

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with no impact on quality of life. So the demand is not like, stop this AI because it's bad for climate. It's like, hey. Make sure you're doing all of these things in your data center development, in in your power development, and your use of AI that makes us net better on electricity and make us net better on our environment.

AI and regulations. Last time we talked, you used an example of cars not being invented at the same time as seat belts. Are are we any closer to fastening ourselves in when it comes to AI?

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Clear framework reframing the AI energy debate from opposition to optimization. Hoffman provides a practical approach that shifts from 'stop AI' to 'improve AI implementation' - a nuanced take that's actionable and quotable.

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I actually think it's literally almost malpractice not to be doing that today... this is one of the areas where people like to have a cause celeb and kind of virtue signaling of I'm really good, and that that AI thing is bad because it's bad on energy, it's bad on climate, it's bad on local electricity costs.

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