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what do you think about climate change ?
I think climate changes are really helpful from living creatures across the globe , because the climate changes provide us natural things example (Mangoes , Strawberries)only grow in certain seasons but there are different seasons across the world they use airplanes and boat etc to transfer the food around the world and it causes climate changes as well because the smoke that gets created by the vehicle can cause climate changes.
thx for reading my opinion or reply
I think that climate change is bad because it is destroying habitats slowly and that certain animals can or will go exstinct which is a big problem also climate change is making the world warmer which is melting the ice and is making the water level rise in certain places.
I think climate change might be dangerous for Earth's future because of rising sea levels, increasing temperature and it destroying habitats and pushing spieces into extinction. Also, weather is becoming my unpredictable. For example, a couple years ago here in the UK there was a massive heatwave in the summer that caused house fires but last summer we barely got any sunshine.
In my opinion climate change is negatively affecting our lifestyle while it’s also a global issue. Climate change is terrible for our health and it’s also threatening our environment. For example the ocean level is rising while ice is melting and the past summers, severe heatwaves are becoming more frequent in several countries including Greece. 🌊🌱🌏🪨
I think climate change is a major problem that may heavily interfere with the course of our lives, considering its major Side effects such as the ones on plants and/or animals only through radical direct action and constant pressuring of our governments can we halt this pressing issue.
Some people believe in it and others don't ( Donald Trump ) it is good that people recognise it climate change and are working to save our planet . Entrepreneurial_otter made me realise that climate change is helpful in ways and it is also a bad thing too.The bad thing is that in places like Antarctica ice is melting and many animals are becoming endangered or even worse they re critically endangered but many people are rising above climate change and our always thinking of ECO friendly ways for the world.If you think positively you can grow more fruit in different seasons which feeds more people and provides more food for the poor.Many people understand climate change and how to stop it, but they only think about the positives of defeating climate change and not the negatives. So I think they could take control of climate change but still keep the positives to make everyone happy.Climate change can be controlled with our technological at this time but having not enough food for the whole world is not ok and we can't use technology to control that.
Climate change is a big problem that affects everyone in the world. It’s not fair because even though some countries cause more of the problem, everyone suffers from it. People who are already poor have the hardest time because they don’t have the resources to protect themselves. The main reason for climate change is something called global warming, which means the Earth is getting hotter. This happens because of things like factories and cars making too much pollution. When the Earth gets hotter, it causes bad things like floods, storms, and droughts, which can hurt a lot of people.
It’s especially dangerous for people who live near the ocean because the ice there melts and makes the sea level rise. This can make people lose their homes and land. Countries like Bangladesh are in big trouble because they’re next to the ocean and might lose a lot of land. But we can help by doing things like planting more trees and making sure factories don’t pollute too much. We need to work together to stop climate change and make the Earth a better place for everyone, including future generations.
You can do one comment per day so that they can take time to read other peoples facts and if necessary, there can be a whole class chat every day so we can negotiate as a class on what comment we are going to put on the website. Also make sure to try and spread the news to other countries like China, Canada, AUS and many other countries. Give them good advice on the topical talk comments and websites.🌍
I agree because... when you use AI it takes like alot,24800, of polution and then destroies the world. If we continue then the world would be destroyed.
There are many people that are not heard on the hub, but how to provide help?
Well, I strongly believe that the amount of comments per a day are very enough _no more or less.
I think student may join a discussion with only one comment, the same as the competitions; you enter a topic, read some student’s point of view, write one comment, go out of the topic and that’s it.
On the other hand, many others might not love to join a discussion once, but have thought about the rest, to have a great chance as you do have.
Maybe if the topics include some common problems that people living in every country are facing, we can make sure topical talkers from every country have a fair to say! Like, the topic that we have already chosen and had a fantastic discussion on; Ai and climate change. i can suggest a few ideas, ones that i've observed in my country and others as well, like food insecurity, unequal access to clean water or maybe mental health issues?
as I was born in India climate changes happen there often ex(rain,sunny,stormy)
do you think AI is a good thing?
Can you tell me your thoughts on this topic?
Well I think al is a good thing but can but be terrible because Ai could destroy the world but it can also be a good things because doctors need to help look into humans body’s when they are ill
I can't say the same because ai does good like a sewing needle in an hay stack because when you consider amount of harm full gases it produces you would faint.
if this goes for a while we would have to breathe out of oxygen cans do you think future like that would make you happy plus people rely more on ai than their brain. Am I wrong ?
How do you think we can stop the heavy reliance people have on AI?
I agree because... AI is a good thing because the doctors can use a heart monitor and if the line goes straight they can save there patients lives. It is also a good thing because you can learn good things such as school subjects
I disagree because... because when you look around the world you will see the world being destroyed. I know that AI is a useful thing to the world but if we continue then it could have an end almost like places such as: Syria,America,Africa e.t.c . destroy the world or stop AI now!
I'm not sure about this because... ai make you cheating.
example : the teacher give me a sheet to answer when i go home i open the sheet so i am going to answer the sheet there's a question i can't answer so i bring my phone and ask gemini or chatgpt you ask them the question then they answer it to you.
this Reduces your understanding and intelligence of your brain and your iq less and sometimes it answers the question incorrect you happy horse say that ai can learn us good such as school subject it's okay but what is the teachers are doing.
for me ai is not a wonderful thing but it's okay good.
thank you all 🌹
yes of course it is a good thing because it helps us a lot in this world:
businessman-surveilance and lots of doubts that they have.
doctor-research about different medicine and online lessons about surgeries.
pilot-they need to research about the climate,timingand really important information about the sky.
bank owner-need surveilance because bank have the biggest chance to get anti-thefted.
and these are the reason i came up with.
thanks for readind this comment or my opinion
It depends!In some cases AI is conducive to many fields such as medicine,education and science.To begin with, in medicine we can predict serious diseases and therefore cure them in time.Regarding education,we can apply AI to making lessons more interesting and interactive.Finally,in science we can develop devices like microscopes to do deeper and more accurate research.Nevertheless,AI can cause numerous problems.In fact,it can make the human species more idle and less creative ,thus depriving it of its critical thinking.Overall AI is a controversial issue, it can be used wisely for the sake of humanity on the condition that we as people don't lose our powers over it!
I think AI is used by the wrong people. Should AI be used in secrecy by our governments and states it may forfeit its use as a whole, it is important and vital for our freedoms and rights for AI to remain open source and free to all. When it comes though, in their use in a school related context I heavily push for it to be acknowledged as a rather useful tool in studying, considering homework is not the sole parameter that influences a student's success and that there are many AI detecting softwares that students could be mandated to use if a situation calls for it, it is useless for the state to limit students' use of AI. In brief, AI should remain a tool in the hands of all of us, not in the ones of the few.
I think it depends if it is sustainable the way we use it for example to train an AI program creates a lot of carbon dioxide which is bad for the planet but it can also help us in many good ways as well. Like doctors can save peoples lives with it, people who own companies can manage them. There are so many ways people can use AI for good but there are also many ways it is bad for the planet so I think we should keep AI but limit it or make it more sustainable.
Ai is a double-edged sword that can be good or bad but before we jump on to the advantages and disadvantages of Ai, let us understand what AI is in the first place.
Ai is machines that do the things that humans do. Ai can learn and adapt to information, and not only that, but they perform the tasks that humans do. This is what we currently see through self-driving cars, smart home appliances, and smart homes. It is also used in many fields, such as education and health, but caution must be taken because, as I mentioned, it is double-edged sword. Just as it benefits us, it is also harmful to us and the environment. Artificial intelligence plays a role in changing climate because it produces a lot of CO2, which affects the atmosphere, and according to studies that measured the amount of carbon emissions from 79 Ai systems launched between 2020 and 2024, it turned out that the total emissions reached about 102.6 million tons per year of carbon, according to the database affiliated with Harvard University. Also, at the same time, direct water consumption at Google increased by 14% between 2022 and 2023, primarily due to the needs of cooling centers. Data as well as it needs to a very large percentage of electricity, as research estimates that the total increase in energy consumption in data centers due to the use of artificial intelligence will be about 200 tera watt-hours annually between 2023 and 2030.
AI is useful for some things ,things in world like researching the weather etc. If we should be using AI then only in a certain limit like not for your homework. AI is useless if that is what you are using it for
I agree but people are saying only certain people should be able to use AI and I kind of think so too because if everybody could kids could ask random questions like how do you rob a bank which is not exactly a good idea and I think doctors and scientists should be able to use AI to help cure people and scientist could use it to find out the secrets about space and doctors could figure out what type of sickness or disease some one has and could find a cure for it.
I agree because it is true that using AI for homework should be restricted
i also agree because kids could cheat if they use AI and if they had a test they would not pass
I agree because facts i think ai is good some things and for others like homework like what you just said
Climat change is changing the world in many diffrent ways hense why the air is warmer of the heat waves are even hotter and the icebergs are slowing melting into water which will probably
Increase the water level higher so more land is covered which we cant use that land anymore or like the weather like hurricanes or any other way you call it making them into more than normal storms like super storms which do more dmg to places as the sun warms up the water to make the typhoon(i dont know if theres loads of diffrent ppl who call it diffrent names so read this in like your words) i think climat change is bad and if we dont stop it, it might be bad for the crops snd the wildlife and we might perish
Also if anyone reads this thanks for reading it and have a good day
Interesting ideas. What steps can we take to prevent climate change?
stop using fossil fuels and use other things like wind turbines are renewable power sources like wind tidal and solar etc so it won’t hurt the atmosphere and make us more hotter
climate change is very bad because you could get ill and it harms our atmosphere
Climate change is really bad for us, in a couple of years this world will be a mess if we don't do anything so we can do a lot of things like walk to school or just walk to places, not just be on a car or train we really need to make a change or later we will regret whet we did by suffering. Lets act now.
what do you children think about AI? which career should be allowed to use AI more :
a)PILOT. WHO DO YOU SHOULD USE AI MORE A,B,C,D OR E PLEASE COMMENT
b)DOCTOR. BELOW!!
c)FARMER.
d)SCIENTIST.
e)FOREST RANGER. THX FOR READING MY QUESTION OR IF ANSWERED IT THANK YOU FOR ANSERING IT!
I would choose either B or D because scientist make cures and doctors use them. Scientist should be able to use AI so they can make cures for illnesses and they can make rockets and could find out how to solve climate change. Doctors should use AI to find out what type of sickness someone has or what medicine to use for it.
Eva,my thoughts on this topic were amazing my mind is bursting and my brain has lots of ideas about this distinctive topic . I love it
i think that AI is a sensible option for doctors and scientist because scientist could see what type of chemicals are in medicines and soap so it can be safe for us and doctors could save peoples lifes eg: shock pads \heart monitors ,
and if you didnt have AI then you may not be able to save those peoples life.
as we know AI can be really helpful in the future but we are not thinking the bad things that it can do. It wastes a lot of our energy suplly and it can bring polution to our world. AI can also cause climate change which will make the iced places to go down and edventually become water. We really need to think what is all the climate chaange and just fix the problem
Do you think that elon musk's power should be taken back as he is destroying his power?
what makes us think that Ai has the potential to take over the world?
If it takes over the world we will be using a lot of energy and we will be having a huge impact on climate change and by that time most of the creatures on this world will be instinct.
Also if it gets too hot almost all our crops will get dried up and we will have less food for us too eat.
becuase as we evolution new ideas are coming up and technology is advancing so that is a possibility it happens but maybe we could resolve it?
Climate change is sad for me but what do you think about climate change?
I think climate change is effecting lots off people and it is also effecting the heat which means that there are lots off droughts and it can affect how trees grow which can cause more carbon dioxaiet to fill our air.
Some people don't care about our earth so they don't try to help but we are the next generation so we have to try to save our planet.
Do you think Elon Musk has too much power?
*According to survey* by software AG, half of all knowledge workers use personal AI tools.
The research defines knowledge workers as," those who primarily work at a desk or computer".
For some it's because their IT team doesn't offer AI tools, while others said they wanted their own choice of tools.
John's company provides GitHub Copilot for AI-supported software development, but he prefers cursor.
"It's largely a glorified autocomplete,but it's very good "he says"it completed 15 lines at a time , and then you lock over it and say ,'Yes that' s what I would've typed ' it frees you up . You feel more fluent.
Have you heard about Elon Musk lately and the power he has now. He changed the online platform Twitter to X. The president gave him a role in being a government official.And he has so much money he has an estimated 400 billion dollars.He also has Social media influence with more than 200 million followers.
After Mr Trump Elon Musk was chosen to be presidential advisor because Mr Musk made a supporter lottery is you lived in a swing state you could get $1 Millon each day to a random person after the election Mr Trump chose him to be presidential advisor
What did everyone think about the Syrian War lesson?
Do you think animals should be considered as equal as humans?
Is Ai bad for the planet or it is good for the planet
Thanks for your suggestion - can you tell me if you think AI is good or bad?
In my understanding I will say that AI has good side