Around the world, communities are pushing back against data centers. One of the most notable campaigns happened in Cerrillos, Chile.
Up next in the premium interviews from DATA VAMPIRES is nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpq94r2hjnh827nqkfct29dhmqa98f4d8mv8l7k6glmeyp0xa7my09qs90lk6!
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#techwontsaveus #tech #datacenters #cloud #ai
Major cloud providers are promising nuclear power will allow them to build as many data centers as they want without a huge climate impact.
On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke to MV Ramana about the serious problems with those assertions.
Listen to the full episode: https://techwontsave.us/episode/252_nuclear_wont_meet_techs_energy_demands_w_mv_ramana
#tech #datacenters #ai #nuclear
Thrilled to release the first episode of my new podcast with Brian Merchant today!
We had to discuss the topic on everyone’s minds to kick the show off, but there are going to be so many deep dives and interesting conversations to come.
Go listen, and make sure to subscribe: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2425400/episodes/16149603-please-reboot-your-system
#tech #elonmusk #donaldtrump #generativeai #podcast
Thrilled to release the first episode of my new podcast with nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpq43cwgn48edmnfa4z54meaylss4s8glen4kfvwxdfmx3xwv9n3dys3c9xl2 today!
We had to discuss the topic on everyone’s minds to kick the show off, but there are going to be so many deep dives and interesting conversations to come.
Go listen, and make sure to subscribe: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2425400/episodes/16149603-please-reboot-your-system
#tech #elonmusk #donaldtrump #podcast #generativeai
The power of Amazon, Microsoft, and Google only grows with each person or firm that gets locked into their clouds. Generative AI makes it worse.
Up next in our premium interviews from DATA VAMPIRES is Cecilia Rikap!
Become a Patreon supporter to listen: https://www.patreon.com/posts/how-cloud-giants-116204149
#tech #ai #generativeai #cloud #datacenters #techwontsaveus
Talk about having an impact: I got to meet nostr:npub13x2f6sspvmqec08fue079sujql9794a8e2spsyezrqmj5jqq42ts7jykrd and nostr:npub1gqlx6sr4qd9u524rrvhe7fqzhrm57my0p7pjc9tykd80pvjty3yqrw54a2 from nostr:npub19dkjexrz3vytyyyxhagr263uapfysf60s2km62ecxj954s6zqx8ssnz050 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
https://techwontsave.us/episode/241_data_vampires_going_hyperscale_episode_1
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 nostr:npub1yhj4ua6580h3w0kucwwrtwl4uv9pg7m2drxzplq5x3364jczp36s4h3h3t to discuss the corporate corruption of open source.
Listen to the full episode: https://techwontsave.us/episode/249_the_corruption_of_open_source_w_tante
#tech #opensource #ai #wordpress #foss
The final episode of DATA VAMPIRES is here! We end this four-part series by digging into the harmful worldview driving the massive buildout of hyperscale data centers and AI.
Will we accept tech billionaires charting the course of our future?
Listen to the full episode: https://techwontsave.us/episode/247_data_vampires_fighting_for_control_episode_4
#tech #ai #datacenters #elonmusk #samaltman
“The unlicensed use of creative works for training generative AI is a major, unjust threat to the livelihoods of the people behind those works, and must not be permitted.”
11,500 actors, musicians, authors, and more have signed this open letter: https://www.aitrainingstatement.org
#tech #ai #genai #generativeai
1967: “The computer, with its insatiable appetite for information, its image of infallibility, its inability to forget anything that has been put into it, may become the heart of a surveillance system that will turn society into a transparent world.”
#tech #surveillance #privacy
Tech billionaires are talking a lot about using nuclear as a supposedly cleaner power source for hyperscale data centers.
But what they don’t say is that their ambitious plans are extending the life of coal-fired power plants across the United States.
https://www.powermag.com/power-demand-from-data-centers-keeping-coal-fired-plants-online/
#tech #datacenters #ai #genai #electricity
The Biden administration has already restricted chip exports to more than 40 countries and is talking about placing further export caps on countries that don’t align with its geopolitical priorities.
#tech #ai #nvidia #genai
Geoffrey Hinton might be getting the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics, but that doesn’t mean we should start taking his statements about AI becoming intelligent and threatening humanity seriously.
They’re sci-fi fantasies, not reality. My take in the Toronto Star:
#tech #ai #genai #geoffreyhinton
Eric Schmidt says we’re not going to meet our climate targets, so we must put all our energy into improving AI and hope it solves the problem for us.
He’s part of a growing chorus of tech billionaires openly admitting they’ll sacrifice the climate on the altar of their AI ambitions.
https://disconnect.blog/silicon-valley-is-sacrificing-the-climate-for-ai/
#tech #ai #genai #generativeai #climate #climatechange #ericschmidt
Apple engineers show Tim Cook was too quick to jump on the hype train
https://www.wired.com/story/apple-ai-llm-reasoning-research/
#tech #ai #apple #genai #generativeai
DATA VAMPIRES is a four-part series exploring the costs of hyperscale data centers and why tech billionaires are desperate to build more.
In Part 2, we visit some of the communities on the front line of the data center binge and learn why they’re pushing back.
Listen to the full episode: https://techwontsave.us/episode/243_data_vampires_opposing_data_centers_episode_2
#tech #datacenters #ai #genai
DATA VAMPIRES is a special four-part series digging into the costs of hyperscale data centers and why tech billionaires are desperate to build so many more.
In Part 1, we explore where “the cloud” came from and how it expands the power of Amazon, Microsoft, and Google.
Listen to the full episode: https://techwontsave.us/episode/241_data_vampires_going_hyperscale_episode_1
#tech #ai #datacenters #microsoft #amazon #google #techwontsaveus
Coding is being positioned as place where generative AI is going to have a huge impact.
But a new study of 800 developers found GitHub Copilot did little to improve productivity, while introducing 41% more bugs into the code.
https://www.cio.com/article/3540579/devs-gaining-little-if-anything-from-ai-coding-assistants.html
#tech #ai #genai #coding
Generative AI hype is fueling a massive build out of hyperscale data centers around the world. It’s not about serving the public, but realizing an extreme vision of the future being pushed by self-serving tech billionaires.
DATA VAMPIRES, a new four-part series from #TechWontSaveUs, begins next Monday.
New episodes will drop every Monday on our public feed, but our supporters on Patreon will get every episode on day one. Sign up: https://patreon.com/techwontsaveus
#tech #ai #datacenters #genai
gotta cash in before the bubble bursts!
the writing’s been on the wall that this was poised to happen for ages, but it’s still a great example of how tech companies will promise the world in the beginning then betray everything they claimed to stand for when there’s real money to be made.
#tech #ai #openai #samaltman