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climate tech reporter (aka ENERGY DOMINANCE reporter) at @heatmap.news | signal: katieb.40 📍 Seattle, WA

though the priority for much of this new philanthropic capital will likely be AI safety, because of the obvious risk of existential doom, an entire galaxy of paperclips, etc. 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎 📎

the AI boom is minting a new gen of billionaires, some of whom will soon be searching for worthy philanthropic causes. i spoke with leaders in the climate philanthropy world who see a chance to channel AI wealth into decarb and adaptation efforts that might otherwise never get off the ground

like if only for selfish reasons, AI companies have a pretty clear rationale for investing in clean energy and other climate-related causes, given both the bad press and very real impacts associated with data center energy use