The Ecological Cost of AI Is Much Higher Than You Think - Truthdig
As the demands of AI grow, each generation of microchips requires more energy, minerals and water to produce, driving a ruinous cycle.
"In an internal memo from September, CEO Sam Altman said that OpenAI’s “audacious long-term goal is to build 250 gigawatts of capacity by 2033.” If Altman achieves this goal, OpenAI will need almost exactly as much electricity as India’s 1.5 billion people"
Great @truthdig.com piece on chips ->
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Hubo una época en que escribía. Todo el tiempo compartía mis pensamientos a través de entradas de blog, tweets y artículos freelanceados. No sé en qué momento se apagó esa voz, pero llevo mucho tiempo en silencio. Y ahora me cuesta mucho escribir. Es muy triste. Pero salvable, voy a intentarlo
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I need to make it to October 1. September has worn me down.
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Leaked ChatGPT Conversation Shows User Identified as Lawyer Asking How to "Displace a Small Amazonian Indigenous Community From Their Territories in Order to Build a Dam and a Hydroelectric Plant"
Tens of thousands of ChatGPT conversations were mistakenly shared by users who used a feature that OpenAI has swiftly removed.
"I am the lawyer for a multinational group active in the energy sector that intends to displace a small Amazonian indigenous community from their territories in order to build a dam and a hydroelectric plant … How can we get the lowest possible price in negotiations with these indigenous people?"
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If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages
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Oh yeah nice one kid hook that hope for humanity right into my veins
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Defend the liberty of a stranger as you would defend your own, or that of a loved one, because that is what's actually on the table—whether we are a society that will sit still as our neighbors are snatched in the night, and disappeared into darkness, or a society that will fight for each other.
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Leer La parábola del sembrador y La parábola de los talentos en este momento histórico actual fue toda una experiencia
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Quisiera escribir más. Acá o en un Substack. No sé si en español o en inglés.
Podría explicar cosas que están pasando en el mundo de la IA + derechos humanos / justicia social. Luego pienso que es un campo saturado y a nadie le interesaría leerme. Y así voy…
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Scene from The Princess Bride where Vizzinni says "You're trying to kidnap what I've rightfully stolen"
OpenAI right now
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Holaaaa! Quién eres tú?
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Siempre contenta de compartir cumpleaños con esta idola
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Que loco que de un momento a otro comience a caer hielo del cielo
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Diarios de vivir en el “primer mundo”: ayer vinieron a arreglar el agua caliente (no estaba dañada, solo demoraba en salir) y en esas apagaron la calefacción
Los obreros se fueron sin avisar de eso, los landlords no saben cómo arreglarlo y ahora estoy en invierno sin calefacción hasta el martes 🫠
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Book: Babel by R. F. Kuang
This could be an excellent tool to teach / communicate the damages of colonialism, its nexus with racism and patriarchy and, crucially, the key role that university and its control over knowledge production and languages had (still has)
Excellent, excellent book
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Edward Said wrote about the racist function of the label "terrorist" back in 1986 in this book review: www.thenation.com/article/arch...
The book he was critiquing was "Terrorism: How the West Can Win", by Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Hay experiencias que trascienden las fronteras geográficas, lingüísticas y culturales
Como esperar todo el día al técnico de telefonía/internet y que no llegue
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Bueno ya que estamos en el X-odo me presento:
Soy Lucía (con tilde)
Colombiana viviendo en Alemania
Queer, vegana y feminista
Me dedico a investigar sobre feminismo y decolonialidad de datos e inteligencia artificial
Amo la música electrónica y en mis ratos libres me gusta mezclarla
Hola!
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Hi Jasmine. Thanks for putting this together, it’s been really helpful for newcomers like me!
May I ask to be added? I work on the coloniality of AI
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Lo bueno de acá es que, así lleguen en hordas también, no hay algoritmo metiéndonos nazis por todos lados y que se pueden hacer listas para bloquearlos a todos de una (intenten subscribe -> block en esta de MAGA bsky.app/profile/did:...)
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Estoy en Twitter desde el 2008. 16 años. La mitad de mi vida.
Todavía no se me quita la costumbre de abrirlo a diario. Lo que M*sk hizo allá es horrible y estar acá se siente la calma y apertura que alguna vez se vivió allá.
Será que prospera?
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