hypernormalization describes what many of us are feeling. whether it’s about our increasingly authoritarian govt or ai.both are trying to create false realities using social media, traditional media, cults of personality, greed and antiquated anti-human ideologies.neither are remotely normal and both are driven by bottomless greed, pursuits of unchecked power and classism. if you opposeContinueContinue reading “Hypernormalisation”
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AI business model – extracting from children for profit and power
Chatbot injected toys, big tech educational AI tools, DNA testing for every newborn baby – what could possibly go wrong? Ultra-personalized, manipulative, and sycophantic, they are changing how hundreds of millions of people think, create, show affection, and interact with the world, and are already making many addicted, emotionally dependent, and even delusional. It’s stillContinueContinue reading “AI business model – extracting from children for profit and power”
The environmental impact of the internet
From data centers to AI to satellites, the internet has a much bigger effect on our Earth than we might imagine. In addition to greenhouse gas emissions (which can be further subdivided into specific categories), we also have to consider water consumption, air pollution, natural resource consumption, energy consumption, waste generation and ecosystem degradation.
AI overlords – see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil
The New Yorker has recently shared the ambitions of Curtis Yarvin who apparently has influenced people like Peter Thiel and J D Vance. Peter Thiel is of Palantir who has embedded itself in Health (NHS) Defence and even social care via children’s services in the UKCurtis Yarvin according to the New Yorker article Curtis Yarvin’sContinueContinue reading “AI overlords – see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil”
Cars and AI – how do we communicate the scale of the problem?
When i set out in 2014 to research the social, environmental and health impacts of cars, the biggest problem was the scale of the impact, on so many fronts; from dirty supply chains to asthma, from noise pollution to severed communities, from accessibility and equality of public space to diabetes and obesity. Road traffic casualties,ContinueContinue reading “Cars and AI – how do we communicate the scale of the problem?”
Cost of living impact of AI – raising household bills for ordinary citizens
The data center industry has been freeloading off the ratepayers. We have been saying it for a decade – Elena Schlossberg The rapid development of data centers connected to the largest US electric grid raised costs by $9.4 billion, an expense that consumers from Illinois to Washington, D.C, will see reflected in their utility bills startingContinueContinue reading “Cost of living impact of AI – raising household bills for ordinary citizens”
AI is erasing the distinction between truth and deception in digital interactions
It is important to note that threat actors can also spoof known phone numbers of trusted organizations or people, adding an extra layer of deception to the attack. Threat actors are increasingly turning to AI to execute phishing attacks, making these scams more convincing and nearly indistinguishable – Max Gannon Here’s what happens when “autonomous”ContinueContinue reading “AI is erasing the distinction between truth and deception in digital interactions”
Tech Fascism
“Tech Fascism emerges when a select few have the power to structure the world according to their very limited ideals of efficiency and ‘rationality’. These ideals, which leave little room for dignity or the richness of human experience, bring fascist logics into every aspect of even liberal governments, into every aspect of our digitally mediatedContinueContinue reading “Tech Fascism”
What’s the carbon footprint of using ChatGPT?
Because we are not given accurate, fully transparent, reliable information by Big Tech, people like Hannah Ritchie are making guesstimates. I’m not sure what she is including here? The upfront or now emissions of the data centres, hardware and other infrastructure? Here is another guess from Elian Pusceddu 1kgCO2/day or 0.37 tCO2/year, ot >5% ofContinueContinue reading “What’s the carbon footprint of using ChatGPT?”
Is the UK preparing to sell its soul for a US Trade Deal?
Who flanked Donald Trump when the US / UK trade deal was announced? Peter Mandelson and JD Vance, both with links to Peter Thiel’s Palantir. Worryingly Palantir has already got its hooks into the NHS and UK Defence. Listen to what Palantir says and believe it On the factory floor, in the operating room, acrossContinueContinue reading “Is the UK preparing to sell its soul for a US Trade Deal?”
Resist AI 