The Staggering Ecological Impacts of Computation and the Cloud
Anthropologist Steven Gonzalez Monserrate draws on five years of research and ethnographic fieldwork in server farms to illustrate some of the diverse environmental impacts of data storage.
This criticism predates AI. Itβs the same problem. Same critique. Same political outcomes. Weβre talking about AI because AI is being used to speed up the deployment of bigger energy hogs. So, again, ecologically the difference is today is today.
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A few tips for NEH grantees:
1) if you've spent money on an awarded grant but have not yet drawn down the funds, make sure to submit the paperwork to drawn down funds ASAP.
2) the NYTimes article suggests that "DOGE" might cancel awards. If you receive an email from DOGE cancelling your NEH award,
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The History of Technical Communication and the Future of Generative AI | Proceedings of the 42nd ACM International Conference on Design of Communication
reading 2 Bill Hart-Davidson et al articles today:
- History of technical communication dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
- Revisiting 4 conversations in technical communication journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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