Fusion (assuming we manage it) is the point where we move from energy scarcity, to energy surplus. Renewables might do this to, but it's not as certain.
That would change the world in profound ways. The current world powers would fade and a lot of solutions move from "too expensive" to "no brainer".
The recent Smarter Every Day video on trying to build a "simple" product in the US was quite revealing. Avoiding China produced parts is close to impossible. Not only that, high skill jobs such as tooling design have been outsourced too, so the idea that China is just running the machines is outdated.
All these companies have pumped billions every year into China and are now surprised they can't compete.
The Turing test was a thought experiment stating that if something seemed intelligent then it was intelligent. We have utterly proved that wrong now. IMHO we should only teach it to say that it isn't a complete definition.
Is the issue here you're using the term "micro-plastic" in a different way to me? My understanding of it is "small particles of solid plastic often reduced in size through mechanical processes to microscopic sizes which we find throughout the environment, often distributed by water". You seem to be talking more generally about chemical water pollution.
Agreed, which is why it's important to have articles out in the wild that show the shortcomings of AI. If all people read is all the positive crap coming out of companies like OpenAI then they will make stupid decisions.
It's not "let china fix this". The technology can be developed anywhere. It is being developed everywhere.
However nobody can stop China burning coal other than Xi Jinping. He is the world leader that can make that decision. All anybody else can do is try to convince him.
I'm not saying they need to have a lower standard of living.
I'm asking them to have a better standard of living. One without air pollution. Generate the power without burning coal.
The weird thing with Jared Leto is that I've never felt he's been very successful, yet he's always had bunch of people hyping him. I can't think of him being a leading actor in anything I've ever seen. He's always been lower down the bill. You look at all his award nominations on IMDb and 90% of them are "supporting actor".
So why is he a name? I always put it down to him being involved with the "right" people in Hollywood. Those people obviously being very wrong.
How handy for Russia!