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AI Might Put a Few TechBro's Minds on Floppy Disks at the Cost of Millions of Lives & Our Environment - With Paris Marx
Technology alone will not save us. Paris Marx joins us to discuss how the drive to grow the artificial intelligence (AI) industry without moderation could have some seriously negative consequences for the climate and how the debate on AI tends to emphasize false concerns over genuine ones (like misinformation and impacts on journalism quality). We get into how journalism is changing and the importance of public funding.
We also discuss how a lot of AI hype is being driven by some bizarre theories about the future. These theories value a few very wealthy peoples' quest for immortality over the…
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