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Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (emilymbender@dair-community.social)'s status on Monday, 16-Jun-2025 00:54:17 JST Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)

To all communities currently being targeted as locations for data centers, the companies aiming to put those in deserve no benefit of the doubt. I'm really glad @timsteller.bsky.social is on top of this one.
https://tucson.com/news/local/subscriber/article_3ee5a61d-4d65-4ecb-8039-b05c1b02cda2.html
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1. Screenshot from linked article, reading: Tim Steller Tucson is arriving late to the data-center game. That makes us lucky. It means we can look on the proposed mega-development on the southeast side with a degree of detachment that other communities couldn't when offered these apparent opportunities years ago. We can ask questions like, is this really an opportunity? Or is it a burden? Or some of both?
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2. Screenshot from linked article, reading: There's no need to be for the public or officials to be deferential to this industry, as author Emily Bender told me Thursday. "In general I would say, no benefit of the doubt to the people building the data centers," said Bender, co-author of a new book, "The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want." "Make them dot their I's and cross their T's."
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