Time Is Running Out on Climate Change. The Metaverse Could Help | Cedrik Neike | TED

The metaverse could be our key to making real progress in the fight against climate change, says engineer Cedrik Neike. Examining how AI-powered modeling eliminates the trial and error of wasteful industries, he explores how this emerging technology is already improving everything from the gigafactories that churn out electric car batteries to the fuel efficiency of your home. Learn more about how these "digital twins" are transforming the world - and not a moment too soon.
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[@your_dad5]

There was a time TED was something. Nowadays random people paid randomly to advertise by big tech companies come to TED. TED has lost its glory it seems.

[@user-kh7od5dw8g]

I agree

[@OneLeggedDiver]

They’re doing smaller TED talks with less time, smaller ideas, smaller crowds. Nothing wrong with that. They still do big TED talks for big topics or moonshots

[@Lazydino59]

Don’t forget to actively push leftist agendas…

[@Subliminalsapper]

​@@Lazydino59 That comment tells me you aren't a serious person and get most of your facts from Twitter and 4 chan.

[@your_dad5]

@@OneLeggedDiver i didn't even watch this video, infact I'm not watching some video that suggests solving climate crisis over a VR headset, I don't care if it's TED or whatever. Real problems require real solutions, not some silly idea on a stupid TEDtalk.

[@shmichael1]

What a deep talk. Using computers can save us time. I wish we'd known that for the past 80 years of computers.

[@JACK-wh6jl]

WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO SEE ANYTHING: WE HAD OUR POWERS TAKEN, STOLEN BY BILLIONAIRES WHO THINK THEY CAN TELL US WHAT TO DO !!! THEY NEED TO GO !&##!

[@KamiShikkaku]

Engineers have been using computer-aided design and simulation ahead of building physical protypes forever. All this guy is doing is adding the buzz word "metaverse". As other commenters have suggested, this really has to be a joke.

[@mcrist139]

Why need the metaverse to run some simulation or recycle? What is the efficiency gain of designing everything in the metaverse as well? if you have good communication and competent builders, electricians and leaders that think for the future, you can design Houses energy efficiently and weelchair accessable today? ye here is a lot you can do but what has it to do with the metaverse??

[@ZakFromOhio]

Lol. More advertisements posing as education.

[@Enlight_Entertain]

Cloud computing doesn't run on air 😅. Simulation is nothing new. He speaks like simulation magically solve everything 😂

[@ikillwithyourtruthholdagai2000]

Yeah lol invest now, TED

[@AITO_99]

ok boomer

[@trappedmoss1172]

Plant virtual trees!! 😮😮😮 Insane 💡💡

[@VZ-Warrior_Soul]

“ARE WE TOO LATE” ! This question was protested in the 70’s. If they said back then we were getting so threatening close of the repercussions if we didn’t do anything back then, what makes you think we are not “TOO LATE” today ?

[@vslaykovsky]

The guy just lost 3 billion supporters

[@abbasmomin3976]

Ted has to be hacked wtf is this lol

[@cfvgd]

Bought and paid for.....

[@tanz5389]

The world was going to end in 2023 (Greta Thunberg) LOL

[@aliothspectranet5678]

A Harvard University professor warned in 2018 that steps were needed over the next five years to reduce carbon pollution to preserve Arctic ice. Climate activist Greta Thunberg then shared a tweet that misquoted the professor. But recent social media posts have distorted Thunberg’s tweet to falsely claim she predicted human extinction by 2023.

[@geraldmerkowitz4360]

It could help by unplugging it and let people go out in the real world

[@alexandermoody1946]

Every person should have access to this sort of architecture to work towards exhibiting acts of creativity and checking for viability for progression.

[@crawkn]

Of course computer modeling is less expensive and more efficient than iterating designs in the physical world, which is why it is used for most engineering already. What will turbocharge this not-new technology is AI, which can not only do it competently, given adequate training and supervision, but many orders of magnitude faster, thus saving energy as well as labor. So the real headline is that the metaverse will help with _absolutely everything,_ not just Climate Change.

[@HappySlappii]

I don't understand how that was at all different than modeling using any other modeling software.

[@BillyTheKidCENTURION]

There is no "Climate Crisis", crack a beer and take a kid fishing.

[@bbreimm]

Metaverses require big data centers and server farms to deliver the experience to the end users. How many of them will be ENTIRELY powered by green energy?

[@SpoileralertGMA47]

Lol I haven’t watched the video yet but to answer the question, yes it can; if everyone is inside on their headset no one will be driving and polluting the air to the levels we see today

[@peachmango5347]

I'm going to keep asking - when does AI get this upcoming weekend weather forecast 100% accurate?

[@sick-days]

this thumbnail/title is like a parody of TED talks

[@keep-ukraine-free]

The speaker proposes we "simulate the world" inside a "metaverse", to fine-tune & flesh out climate change problems. This is unrealistic, because our capabilities to simulate the lowest levels of physics & matter are not sufficient to do this. Simulations today have errors, which scale into large errors when you try to simulate "everything". This doesn't help us.

[@T15A20]

I was thinking the same, his idea isn't new and i don't belive he understands how much processing power it takes and flushing out a simulation software to actually di what he says. Doing this stuff in the metaverse, now? No way, if i remember correctly the metaverse is build for low performance hardware so more ppl can join and it lacks basic physics.

[@2LegHumanist]

100%

[@keep-ukraine-free]

@@T15A20 True. Valid points on one metaverse (Meta's) being low-fidelity (low accuracy).

[@shubhamvyas9459]

So video is about "digital twins" not metaverse or Ar/Vr.

[@Classical741]

TED used to have interesting unusual content that was clearly presented. Then, there came content like this pointless, out of date ramble.

[@user-to2rf1rj5v]

Tesla already does a ton of simulation just like you describe, for every element. From the cars themselves, to the factories that make them, to how they are made as they go down the line (every car they make also has a digital twin).

[@donaldauguston9740]

Is that why so many are being recalled? Just wondering.

[@LegendLength]

@@donaldauguston9740 You mean software update "recalls"?

[@1GTASANANDREASCJ]

and still fail alot. They have major issues in the factory.

[@arickle]

Since when are video games and simulations "the metaverse"

[@vthilton]

Save Our Planet Now!!

[@cityofwelland634]

Excellent

[@mcgaugh57]

Time is running out ? humans are simply comical.

[@WeylandLabs]

I'm thankful this isn't another A.I video...

[@user-kh7od5dw8g]

The amount of carbon produced from the electricity required to run an individual computer accelerates climate change. What did this speaker get from the metaverse?

[@TotallyFriedChannel]

amazing

[@Limberg2063]

no, there is no time, its over.

[@dameanvil]

00:38 🌍 We're facing an urgency in climate change, reaching the World Overshoot Day demonstrates the depletion of renewable resources. 01:42 🕹 The digital world offers a million times faster learning without the limitations of physics, presenting an opportunity to solve real-world problems efficiently. 02:47 🔋 Battery manufacturing investments, aiming for 10 billion batteries/year in 2030, push for an industrial metaverse to perfect, simulate, and recycle batteries efficiently. 04:16 ♻ Simulation in the metaverse accelerates battery cooling innovations, saving time and resources. Digital factories prevent wastage in traditional manufacturing methods. 05:48 💡 Building gigafactories in the metaverse and creating digital twins of batteries allows for efficient recycling and reusing, reducing battery wastage significantly. 07:21 ✈ Innovating air travel, improving agriculture through vertical farms, and optimizing buildings using digital tools demonstrate diverse applications of the metaverse for sustainable progress. 08:57 🏙 The metaverse aids in pre-building urban spaces, optimizing resources, and ensuring sustainable development, contributing to achieving environmental goals like the Paris Accords.

[@dennistucker1153]

@Cedrik Neike, 10 years ago, I developed the same idea you discussed in this video. I did not do anything with this idea because I did not have the resources. All manufacturing could be made nearly perfect the first time.

[@1GTASANANDREASCJ]

The idea is simple and very old. Just have somebody to finance it.

[@briangubash9707]

The gas of life🧐 Everything on the planet gives off this🤯 I gotta ask the question if we get rid of everything what were there be?👈🤣 Nothing👏

[@BrianPeiris]

This talk is about the concept of "digital twins". He ruined it by using the term "metaverse" which is just a useless marketing term.

[@maciejkulesza2920]

Lol, TED quality is crashing down

[@jaykayenn]

Excuse me? We're gonna save the world with lame marketing buzzwords?

[@dg-dm1rr]

Nice ad u got there

[@ybogomolov]

> Can the metaverse help fight climate change? NO. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

[@christiansoldier1547]

Deception at its finest

[@ronnianabalos4627]

The speaker makes a compelling case for utilizing the digital world to address urgent environmental issues, presenting practical examples in various industries. However, a critical consideration would be the potential challenges and risks associated with relying heavily on digital simulations, such as the accuracy of predictions and the need for real-world validation. It's essential to ensure that solutions developed in the digital realm effectively translate into tangible, sustainable outcomes in the physical world.

[@Silverlined_69]

What about all the damage to the environment to get the materials to build all those machines?

[@camilinhamilermiler6410]

Nxhdgif mfuya​@@Silverlined_69

[@ronnianabalos4627]

@@Silverlined_69 I appreciate your concern about the environmental impact of building the necessary machines. It's a valid point that we must consider. My focus in critiquing the video's content is to highlight the importance of ensuring the accuracy and realism of the simulations proposed. While addressing environmental issues, it's crucial that the solutions presented in the digital world effectively translate into meaningful actions in the physical world. Let's ensure that the proposed innovations contribute positively to both environmental and practical sustainability.

[@ArnaudJoakim]

Genius!

[@DavidSanchez-vx4bv]

When I saw the title, I thought it was going to be about how everybody should move to the Metaverse and stop doing a lot of thins in the real universe, that could be something to discuss. But extensive simulation adding Metaverse word is not...

[@autodemais668]

Você é um pudindin perfeito😊❤

[@ZigaZagu]

Al Gore said we'd be underwater in 10 years more than 10 years ago so I've already accepted our fate.

[@MrDopeContent]

Dope Content 🤘🏼😎💯💧

[@edgarmorales4476]

This is how to slow down climate change: 1) Switch from fossil fuels to clean energy 2) Stop or drastically reduce deforestation and plant more trees 3) Stop overfishing

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[@tlb2970]

The climate will change forever and a day, it always has and always will 😂😂😂

[@oldlifter530]

My favourite thing about climate change 700 + weather stations closed buuut their measurements are still used ??? They enter simulation measurements. Got to make all the numbers add up to your agenda.😊

[@tanz5389]

Lies, and more lies on top of lies

[@cutback443]

B U L L S H ! T

[@bluntdude]

Commencing Eye ROll.

[@jimbob4413]

smart cities? no thanks

[@sixvee5147]

“I accepted to come to this meeting to have a sober and mature conversation. I’m not in any way signing up to any discussion that is alarmist. There is no science out there, or no scenario out there, that says that the phase-out of fossil fuel is what’s going to achieve 1.5C.” - Sultan Al Jaber, President of COP 28, also CEO of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company Seems more and more likely, scenario SSP5-8.5 of the IPCC assessment may come to fruition (or at least the higher end of the spectrum). I say enjoy what you can, while you still can; pity the generations to come.

[@Lazydino59]

We’ve been told time is running out and there will be catastrophes in the next 5 years for 50 years and nothing has happened to the degrees they are saying due to it. They are literally the-boy-who-cried-wolf-ing this topic and I hope it starts turning more people off. It’s literally become the South Park manbearpig episode it’s ridiculous (the original episode)

[@romanumeralz]

🐂💩

[@Jontman42]

lol, lmao even

[@ibrahimnura8758]

Hmm

[@eklim2034]

Metaverse

[@user-ys8fs4vv9v]

2011😂

[@frankryem5242]

Worst TED Talk ever?

[@RemyNas24]

No not in the slightest

[@chocomalk]

Commercial.

[@TheWeirdWorldOfVideoGames]

Nobody wants the stupid Metaverse.

[@barnythepreacher4559]

Lies, lies and even more lies.

[@tobfrank_]

Say something new or offer a real solution

[@ollie_fpv]

Enviromental fear mongering 🥱🥱

[@meanderinoranges]

No. The meraverse saves nothing.

[@HelionDark]

This is joke meta universe CAD

[@Aaery.]

you should be ashamed of yourselves

[@foxslayer321]

Only God can intervene because of these evilness in this world

[@sixvee5147]

Stop believing in make-believe fairy tales.

[@Dez083]

Firstly please demonstrate there's a god. Secondly what's god waiting for... and thirdly what's this evilness you speak of?

[@keep-ukraine-free]

@@Dez083 Yes on points one & two. On three, "evil" can occur if psychopathy goes unchecked & unstopped. Many dictators have psychological disorders, including psychopathy/sociopathy. They do/permit "evil" acts.

[@Dez083]

@@keep-ukraine-free points one and two you said yes... cool story so do you mind answering them... I mean after all you did say yes. But if it's anything like answering the third point... then I'm not going be very impressed.

[@keep-ukraine-free]

@@Dez083 My "yes" on points one and two supported your thesis. Maybe you assumed the opposite? On the third point, if you don't understand or believe that psychopathy is real, I can suggest you get access to the DSM-V (in which it's described under ASPD). Maybe learn, before you dismiss? Most psychiatrists & psychologists understand psychopathy to be factors in a recent former president's violent anti-social behaviors (hint: the term "malignant narcissism" is a professional term that includes two psychopathy-related disorders). In that matter, the topic is well understood & documented (plenty of behavioral evidence including the individual's own public words, admissions, and mindset). Duterte is another clear example, of psychopathy causing social "evil" (I use quotes for this word, to distance from its unhelpful religious & supernatural connotations).

[@rodhalligan5136]

Ted talks are getting worse.

[@benwarped7272]

No it can not. Too many idiots wasting their lives and energy hiding from the real world playing Farmville. Quit tryna make Meta look like a GOOD thing. Clearly paid advertising. ... WHAT A WASTE OF TIME.

[@rodhalligan5136]

What total bullshit