Honored to be interviewed about biodigital technologies and Africa for this weeks episode of 'The Battle for African Agriculture' which is the weekly Podcast of the amazing Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) : www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNa6...
Yup - it would be great if the campaign come right out and clearly say an AVI led NDP will not use corporate generative Ai to communicate/make artwork/videos but will support human expression, artwork, design n where possible translation - a people-powered campaign for a people powered democracy.
This is also an AI/Data centers deal - ie a gift to big tech. The terms include:
« Constructing thousands of megawatts of AI computing power, with a “large portion” dedicated to sovereign cloud; »
www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/pol...
water, energy and minerals colonialism, big tech oligarchy etc
NB: Its also an AI/data centre deal (gift to big tech). The terms include:
« Constructing thousands of megawatts of AI computing power, with a “large portion” dedicated to sovereign cloud; »
www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/pol...:
AOC: Should this AI bubble pop, we should not be entertaining a bailout of these corporations while healthcare is being denied to Americans and SNAP is being denied to Americans —
"The Emperors New App" - An old fable rewritten for new times. tldr: AI is bullshit and the Emperor has no clue. Please share. www.scanthehorizon.org/p/fairytalet...
another #AI meme proposal: Rename 'Hyperscale Data Centers' as "Hype and Scale data centers" - since thats what drives the AI bubble - ie hype and scaling
Of course they also loot economies and communities of energy, water, minerals, democratic accountability, rights etc…
Meme proposal: LLM’s = Large Looting Models. Since LLM’s ( so-called Large language models)facilitate mass theft and exploitation ( of knowledge, text, art, music, images, culture, genetic material, personal data etc) I propose LLM should stand for Large Looting Models . Pass it on / repost!
A bit more than just ‘in the loop’ ideally.. how about ‘human in the decision maker role’ .. Probably a bit like Churchill’s adage that experts should be ‘on tap but not on top’. It may be fine to have AI outputs ‘on tap’ but definitely not ‘on top’..
At AI summit: Abebe Birhane. « Sometimes what we need is no AI »
Janet Haven : « We can’t rely on AI to solve social problems . @abeba.bsky.social @datasociety.bsky.social
Stickers circulating at the Paris AI Summit.. the French reads ‘ I already hear the sound of bots’ - ‘bruit des bottes’ ( sound of boots) is a French reference to the sound of marching fascist jackboots.
@edwardongwesojr.com - great show but gen x question/ what is Zinn? My gen z kids don’t know..
Finally something inspiring, upbeat, truth telling. Thank you AOC.
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“It’s finally over– I’m going home.” – Leonard Peltier
Today, President Biden granted Leonard Peltier executive clemency and commuted the remainder of his sentence.
Read our full press release: ndnco.cc/PeltierCleme...
Gold Banner on Red Background: Stop Forcing A.I. into Fucking EVERYTHING! Nobody Asked For It; Everyone Hates It
Stop Forcing A.I. into Fucking EVERYTHING!
Luddites! Artificial intelligence! Synthetic Biology! Generative Biology! Financialising nature! tech bro billionaire space cowboys! All the topics in one wide ranging interview with the breaking green podcast globaljusticeecology.org/breaking-gre...
Yes and apparently 10 times the energy use per search
and yes #solarpunk may be more the ticket..
Alt-Growth? (think different) , innerGrowth? (focus on place, connectivity, sovereignty, densifying relations within economy not expansion).. but why even try to detourn 'growth' - just reinforces the original bad frame - I think 'enough' type framings are better: satisfaction, ease, sufficiency.
Biden to increase data centers, pollution and tech power as his parting shot: “The action could allow data centers to exceed pollution limits, open federal lands to data center construction and give data centers priority access to available power supply” subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2024...
In any case .. they are all functionally American - red,white and blue patriots of "American Dynamism", right?
I don't know who has put this site together but it seems a very well curated overview and explanation of the agendas driving the techbroligarch takeover in washington #siliconswamp www.vcinfodocs.com
so.. down to eight white american men (unless we consider Musk, Sacks and Thiel as Africans? ...)
It may not be here for much longer.. cruise just lost funding, hopefully waymo is next .. the future is no looking so ‘future’y - www.theverge.com/2024/12/10/2...
I'mm betting this is headed towards a musk vs thiel replay..
