Doing something similar. How do you like it so far?
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AI is bad for the environment, and the problem is bigger than energy consumption
When asked to suggest solutions for environmental challenges, chatbots reflected biases. This could have harmful effects on how we understand and communicate climate change.
A bias in AI is a reflection of bias across all the content and communications we make. It's not just about falling the wrong direction for the environment, but also about what a planetary narrative means for us people, empowerment, and action.
theconversation.com/ai-is-bad-fo...
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Nineteen Reservoirs: On Their Creation and the Promise β¦
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Really enjoyed this one about the history of engineering water into NYC www.goodreads.com/book/show/58... Also an older one called Flight Maps, which is where I learned the magnificent history of the now-extinct passenger pigeon.
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Down from Vinted, stuffed in an IKEA bag, and given away at the kulturhus bytemarked π π
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What if the Attention Crisis Is All a Distraction?
From the pianoforte to the smartphone, each wave of tech has sparked fears of brain rot. But the problem isnβt our ability to focusβitβs what weβre focussing on.
Ours is an era of obsession as much as distraction. βTo ascribe our woes to a society-wide attention-deficit disorder is to make the wrong diagnosis,β Daniel Immerwahr writes.
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Have you noticed that Twitter-like platforms lean more on images, and image platforms lean more on text? All the boundaries and identity merge. In the end we are just trying to express ourselves.
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