"‘Degrowth’ is as clear as it gets. Definitely no less clear than ‘equality’; or ‘economic growth’ for that matter (is it growth of welfare or activity? monetised or all activity? if only monetised, why would we care?). Beyond a critique of the absurdity of perpetual growth, degrowth signifies a decrease of global carbon and material footprint, starting from the wealthy."
What are the real world implications of "aggressively" rolling out solar, wind and EVs?
All over the world, the mining oligarchs are hungry and hunting. In Ireland, right now young geologists are knocking on farmers doors, saying they're doing PHDs and could they survey the land for lithium. The farmers know the game, ask for written confirmation, find out its all a ruse by multinational lithium company. In Global South, they're coming with guns and bombs to make Green Sacrifice Zones.
AI cannot be a moral agent with an understanding of difference between right and wrong and is held accountable for its actions, he said.
“AI can produce the same decisions and recommendations that humans would produce,” he said, “but the causal history of those decisions differs in important ways.” Unlike humans, AI lacks free will and cannot be held morally responsible. If an AI system causes harm, the blame lies with its developers or users, not the technology itself.
"More than 15 new data centres are being built on Swiss soil, partly to power AI applications. With over 120 server farms, Switzerland now has one of the highest densities of data centres per capita in Europe. Experts estimate that these currently account for around 7%External link of total Swiss electricity consumption. By 2030, consumption could rise to as much as 15%."
"If you're wondering what happened to your computer from 20 years ago, it just might be at a massive e-waste dumpsite in Ghana, one of the major destinations for discarded electronics from Europe and North America. In the r/UrbanHell subreddit, one user shared photos that captured a haunting scene at an e-waste graveyard."
The data centers are coming. Resist!
"I never thought that a data centre would be built across the street from my house," she said. "I would not have bought this house if I had known what was going in across the street."
"There are no birds around here anymore," he said, noting the humming or buzzing noise the centre emits scares away a lot of wildlife from his area.
AI is a racist, bigoted, imperialist male white supremacy tech bro shithead
"When prompted to visualise Aotearoa New Zealand’s past, Sora privileges the European settler viewpoint: pre-colonial landscapes are rendered as empty wilderness, Captain Cook appears as a calm civiliser, and Māori are cast as timeless, peripheral figures."
Big Tech: climate terrorists, gangsters
"Big Tech’s promises of “green AI” mask an uncomfortable reality: massive energy demands, growing carbon emissions, and a shifting narrative that sidelines sustainability."
“Almost all sustainability messaging is now framed through the lens of AI,” Riemens noted. Microsoft promises AI will “accelerate climate action.” Google highlights its “AI for sustainability” tools. Yet, behind these claims lie troubling contradictions."
"It’s no wonder that companies are silent about exactly how much water their facilities use. The Data Center Coalition, an industry lobbying group, opposed the California disclosure bill—the one that Newsom then vetoed. In 2021, a city in Oregon sued a local newspaper to prevent it from reporting on Google’s water use. After the case was finally settled, news reports revealed that Google’s data centers accounted for more than a quarter of local water consumption."
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/ai-zuckerberg-tech-regulation-data-security/#
