Jim Thomas

another #AI meme proposal: Rename 'Hyperscale Data Centers' as "Hype and Scale data centers" - since thats what drives the AI bubble - ie hype and scaling

Of course they also loot economies and communities of energy, water, minerals, democratic accountability, rights etc…

Meme proposal: LLM’s = Large Looting Models. Since LLM’s ( so-called Large language models)facilitate mass theft and exploitation ( of knowledge, text, art, music, images, culture, genetic material, personal data etc) I propose LLM should stand for Large Looting Models . Pass it on / repost!

A bit more than just ‘in the loop’ ideally.. how about ‘human in the decision maker role’ .. Probably a bit like Churchill’s adage that experts should be ‘on tap but not on top’. It may be fine to have AI outputs ‘on tap’ but definitely not ‘on top’..

At AI summit: Abebe Birhane. « Sometimes what we need is no AI »
Janet Haven : « We can’t rely on AI to solve social problems . @abeba.bsky.social @datasociety.bsky.social

Stickers circulating at the Paris AI Summit.. the French reads ‘ I already hear the sound of bots’ - ‘bruit des bottes’ ( sound of boots) is a French reference to the sound of marching fascist jackboots.

@edwardongwesojr.com - great show but gen x question/ what is Zinn? My gen z kids don’t know..

Finally something inspiring, upbeat, truth telling. Thank you AOC.

'It's finally over': President Biden Grants Leonard Peltier Clemency - NDN COLLECTIVE In his final moments in office, President Biden grants executive clemency to Leonard Peltier, the longest-incarcerated Native American political prisoner in American history.

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“It’s finally over– I’m going home.” – Leonard Peltier 

Today, President Biden granted Leonard Peltier executive clemency and commuted the remainder of his sentence.

Read our full press release: ndnco.cc/PeltierCleme...

Gold Banner on Red Background: Stop Forcing A.I. into Fucking EVERYTHING! Nobody Asked For It; Everyone Hates It

Stop Forcing A.I. into Fucking EVERYTHING!

Luddites! Artificial intelligence! Synthetic Biology! Generative Biology! Financialising nature! tech bro billionaire space cowboys! All the topics in one wide ranging interview with the breaking green podcast globaljusticeecology.org/breaking-gre...

OpenAI whistleblower found dead in San Francisco apartment A former OpenAI researcher who raised concerns about the company is dead at 26.

Uh oh.. www.mercurynews.com/2024/12/13/o...

Yes and apparently 10 times the energy use per search

and yes #solarpunk may be more the ticket..

Alt-Growth? (think different) , innerGrowth? (focus on place, connectivity, sovereignty, densifying relations within economy not expansion).. but why even try to detourn 'growth' - just reinforces the original bad frame - I think 'enough' type framings are better: satisfaction, ease, sufficiency.

POLITICO Pro: White House weighing executive action to spur data centers The exact nature of the action is still under discussion, said two people familiar with the matter.

Biden to increase data centers, pollution and tech power as his parting shot: “The action could allow data centers to exceed pollution limits, open federal lands to data center construction and give data centers priority access to available power supply” subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2024...

In any case .. they are all functionally American - red,white and blue patriots of "American Dynamism", right?

I don't know who has put this site together but it seems a very well curated overview and explanation of the agendas driving the techbroligarch takeover in washington #siliconswamp www.vcinfodocs.com

so.. down to eight white american men (unless we consider Musk, Sacks and Thiel as Africans? ...)

Cruise’s robotaxi service will likely shut down as GM pulls its funding Cruise is out.

It may not be here for much longer.. cruise just lost funding, hopefully waymo is next .. the future is no looking so ‘future’y - www.theverge.com/2024/12/10/2...

I'mm betting this is headed towards a musk vs thiel replay..

Thanks Patrick!

Sounds like maybe another reason to question the industrial Seaweed Delusion (carrageenan is from red seaweeds) : www.etcgroup.org/content/seaw...

Go at it!... too many good choices...

Can we get a wildcard write-in slot on like the third round to potentially bring one of these back in again??!.

Andressen vs Vance was a particularly torturous choice to make...

Elon Musk and the Tech Billionaires Steering Trump’s Transition Team (Gift Article) The involvement of wealthy investors has made this presidential transition one of the most potentially conflict-ridden in modern history.

A nyt piece detailing many of the #broligarchs of the #silicon-swamp - www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/u...

Broligarchs of the silicon swamp

A sticker showing a six-fingered hand with the two middle fingers extended, with the caption "Fuck AI."

I'm not saying MAD got this idea from @raynegrimm.bsky.social - I'm just saying you can get stickers. www.etsy.com/shop/FennecF...