Talk about having an impact: I got to meet @npub1lkxy...07rc and @npub1cp89...anzs from @npub1ev00...fr3x this weekend (from episode 2 of the series!) and they told me they’ve heard from anti-data centers activists in Colombia who cited Data Vampires as a reason they started to get organized. I love hearing stories like that! 🥰 #tech #techwontsaveus #datacenters #cloud #ai
The AI industry has ample reason to ensure it isn’t held accountable for its harms. Sometimes people have no other choice than to fight back. Up first in the #TechWontSaveUs series of premium interviews from DATA VAMPIRES is @npub1fw8f...g7yy! Become a Patreon supporter to listen: https://www.patreon.com/posts/maybe-we-should-115750141 #tech #ai #generativeai
coming up on a year since i moved from substack to ghost and thinking a lot about how it nuked my subscriber growth and whether i should be looking at other options
I’ve been reflecting on this move by Australia, and I think it would have been far better for the government to regulate the design and algorithms of the apps/platforms instead of just banning under-16s from accessing them. #tech #socialmedia #australia #tiktok #instagram
Elon Musk deployed his vast resources to help Trump get elected, and now he’s poised to remake the US government to serve his interests. But that was only possible because far too many people chose to ignore who he was to tell a more appealing story of founder moving humanity forward. They should be held accountable. #tech #elonmusk #trump #uselection #politics
The drama at Wordpress and a new “open source AI” definition that doesn’t require sharing training data is prompting new questions about open source. On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke to @npub1j8vy...ld5q to discuss the corporate corruption of open source. Listen to the full episode: #tech #opensource #ai #wordpress #foss
Amazon has disrupted plenty of sectors, but its impact on the post office deserves more attention. As long as government allows Amazon’s low-wage, non-union model to proliferate, postal workers and the institution are in trouble. I wrote about how this is playing out in Canada. #tech #labor #canada #cdnpoli #amazon #postoffice
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Major tech companies are spending $200 billion this year alone to build out massive hyperscale data centers that demand enormous amounts of energy and water — regardless of the consequences for communities and the climate. They need to be stopped. #tech #ai #generativeai #datacenters
Elon Musk is pouring vast sums of money into the US election, and he’s not the only tech billionaire pushing extreme right-wing politics. On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke with Jacob Silverman about what the US election taught us about Silicon Valley. Listen to the full episode: #tech #politics #elonmusk #donaldtrump #kamalaharris