>>> WELCOME BACK TO "SQUAWK

BOX."

CEO ERIC SCHMIDT SPEAKING AT AN

A.I. SUMMIT IN WASHINGTON LAST

WEEK.

HE SPOKE ABOUT WAYS TO CURB THE

EFFECTS A.I. CAN HAVE ON THE

ENVIRONMENT, BUT HE FEELS THAT

WILL BE SWAMMED BY THE NEEDS OF

THE TECHNOLOGY.

HE SAID WE WON'T HIT THE CLIMATE

GOALS BECAUSE WE'RE NOT

ORGANIZED TO DO IT AND HE WOULD

RATHER BET ON A.I. SOLVING THE

PROBLEM ON THE OTHER END OF IT

AND CONSTRAINING A.I. AND HAVING

THE PROBLEM.

>> SO WEIRD.

>> THERE'S AN INTERESTING SORT

OF GROUP OF PEOPLE -- BY THE

WAY, INCLUDING ELON MUSK AND

OTHERS WHO SAY THEIR SOLUTION TO

CLIMATE CHANGE IS NOT

NECESSARILY GOING TO BE LESS --

PUTTING LESS CARBON IN THE

ATMOSPHERE PER SE.

FIGURE OUT HOW TO TAKE IT OUT OF

THE ATMOSPHERE LATER AND THE

ARGUMENT THAT HE'S MAKING

EFFECTIVELY IS A.I. IS GOING TO

HELP THE DISCOVERY PROCESS,

POTENTIALLY, I THINK.

I DON'T WANT TO PUT WORDS IN HIS

MOUTH, OF THAT.

NOBODY'S FIGURED OUT HOW TO DO

IT YET.

MAYBE ONCE A.I., I DON'T KNOW IF

IT IS CENTIENT, JOE, BUT SOLVE A

LOT OF PROBLEMS.

>> OBVIOUSLY, A GLOBE THAT

DEPENDS TOTALLY ON FOSSIL FUELS

FOR COMMERCE AND EVERYTHING

ELSE.

WE REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY CHOICE

TO DEAL WITH IT.

>> UNLESS TECHNOLOGY USUALLY

SOLVES THE PROBLEMS.

>> IT'S ALMOST GROUP IT WITH

OTHER MALEFESEAN WORRIES.

RUN OUT OF WHATEVER BECAUSE THE

MORE YOU USE IT, THE MORE IT

MAKES SENSE ECONOMICALLY TO GET

MORE AND YOU HAVE MORE.

WHEN THE ASTEROID COMES --

>> YOU HAVE TO SAY THAT SAUDI

ARABIA WITH ITS 2030 PLAN.

DOES THAT MAKE ANY SENSE IF IT'S

TRUE?

THEY ARE TRYING TO EFFECTIVELY

WEAN THEIR WAY OFF FOSSIL FUELS

AND REIMAGINE ARE THEIR ENTIRE