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Carbon dioxide overload, detected in human blood, suggests a potentially toxic atmosphere within 50 years (link.springer.com)
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[–] Nonconfrontational@lemmy.ml 34 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

We're too cognitively impaired to do anything about it right now.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 20 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

there's certainly a good case for that too

[–] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 11 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Good thing we have AI to do our thinking for us then

[–] jawhar@dayza.com 3 points 15 hours ago

Plot twist: the AI data centers are generating half that CO2. It isn't doing our thinking for us, it's just slow-cooking us.

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