Paris Marx
Canada Post is in trouble — and bad actors are trying to use it to gut the institution.
We need to defend the post office and expand its role in our communities, but it’s also essential that we end Amazon’s ongoing attack on delivery and warehouse work.
https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/planning-the-obsolescence-of-canada-post
Paris Marx
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Paris Marx
Major tech companies are spending $200 billion this year alone to build out massive hyperscale data centers that demand enormous amounts of energy and water — regardless of the consequences for communities and the climate.
They need to be stopped.
Paris Marx
I was shocked as anyone to see Geoffrey Hinton win a Nobel Prize in Physics — of all disciplines.
He certainly contributed to AI’s development, but that doesn’t mean we need to take him seriously when he says AI superintelligence is on the horizon.
https://disconnect.blog/geoffrey-hintons-misguided-views-on-ai/
Paris Marx
Elon Musk has spent the past couple years railing against “illegal” immigrants, but new reporting confirms what we’ve long suspected: Musk himself worked illegally in the United States and deceived officials when investors finally forced him to get a visa.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/10/26/elon-musk-immigration-status/
Paris Marx
Bill Gates is back with a new Netflix docu-series.
“What’s Next?” is an attempt to get the public to forget his recent scandals and convince them his wealth is essential to solving our collective challenges. The real future we need is one without him and his fellow billionaires.
Paris Marx
“The unlicensed use of creative works for training generative AI is a major, unjust threat to the livelihoods of the people behind those works, and must not be permitted.”
11,500 actors, musicians, authors, and more have signed this open letter: https://www.aitrainingstatement.org
Paris Marx
A few weeks ago, Elon Musk joked he might get arrested if Kamala Harris is elected president.
The more brazen his efforts to buy the election become by paying voters and telling them they have the chance to win $1 million, the more I believe he just might.
https://disconnect.blog/roundup-what-will-happen-to-elon-musk-after-the-election/
Paris Marx
Tech billionaires are talking a lot about using nuclear as a supposedly cleaner power source for hyperscale data centers.
But what they don’t say is that their ambitious plans are extending the life of coal-fired power plants across the United States.
https://www.powermag.com/power-demand-from-data-centers-keeping-coal-fired-plants-online/
Paris Marx
Eric Schmidt says we’re not going to meet our climate targets, so we must put all our energy into improving AI and hope it solves the problem for us.
He’s part of a growing chorus of tech billionaires openly admitting they’ll sacrifice the climate on the altar of their AI ambitions.
https://disconnect.blog/silicon-valley-is-sacrificing-the-climate-for-ai/
#tech #ai #genai #generativeai #climate #climatechange #ericschmidt
Paris Marx
Apple engineers show Tim Cook was too quick to jump on the hype train
https://www.wired.com/story/apple-ai-llm-reasoning-research/
Paris Marx
DATA VAMPIRES is a four-part series exploring the costs of hyperscale data centers and why tech billionaires are desperate to build more.
In Part 2, we visit some of the communities on the front line of the data center binge and learn why they’re pushing back.
Listen to the full episode: https://techwontsave.us/episode/243_data_vampires_opposing_data_centers_episode_2
Paris Marx
On Thursday, Elon Musk claimed Tesla’s Optimus robot was rapidly advancing then had them engage with his gullible cult fans and work the bar.
But the robots were being remotely controlled by Tesla employees using haptic suits.
https://disconnect.blog/roundup-elon-musks-dream-of-robot-slaves-isnt-coming-soon/
Paris Marx
“For Pressly, real privacy would mean not simply enabling people to participate in such decisions but mandating that far less data be made in the first place. … His proposal evokes a kind of digital degrowth.”
Need to pick up this book. Read @bentarnoff review:
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/what-is-privacy-for
Paris Marx
Elon Musk has been promising a transport revolution for a decade.
His Cybercab event repeated a ton of the lines he’s used to justify those failed projects over the years, with no concrete details for how he’ll realize the robotaxi one either. There’s no reason to believe he’ll deliver.
https://disconnect.blog/elon-musks-cybercab-recycles-a-decade-broken-promises/
#tech #elonmusk #tesla #cybercab #transportation #transport #selfdriving
Paris Marx
DATA VAMPIRES is a special four-part series digging into the costs of hyperscale data centers and why tech billionaires are desperate to build so many more.
In Part 1, we explore where “the cloud” came from and how it expands the power of Amazon, Microsoft, and Google.
Listen to the full episode: https://techwontsave.us/episode/241_data_vampires_going_hyperscale_episode_1
#tech #ai #datacenters #microsoft #amazon #google #techwontsaveus
Paris Marx
Coding is being positioned as place where generative AI is going to have a huge impact.
But a new study of 800 developers found GitHub Copilot did little to improve productivity, while introducing 41% more bugs into the code.
https://www.cio.com/article/3540579/devs-gaining-little-if-anything-from-ai-coding-assistants.html
Paris Marx
Mark Zuckerberg wants you to think he’s a new man because he wears baggy clothes and gold chains.
But the reality is that he’s embracing right-wing politics and spurning critics while presenting himself as a great future builder to distract from the ongoing harms of his platforms. Don’t fall for the deception.
https://disconnect.blog/mark-zuckerbergs-rebrand-is-a-master-class-in-distraction/
Paris Marx
Mark Zuckerberg has a new look, and he’s managed to use it to get better press coverage even though his company is still causing a load of harm.
On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke to @KarlBode to discuss why we shouldn’t fall for Zuckerberg’s rebrand.
Listen to the full episode: https://techwontsave.us/episode/240_dont_fall_for_mark_zuckerbergs_rebrand_w_karl_bode
Paris Marx
So disappointing to see how Uber continues to get away with its global war on workers and their rights.
Here’s a staggering chart from the Financial Times showing how much Uber drivers’ wages have fallen across most of the world.
https://www.ft.com/content/7b503c54-ee5b-4413-ad06-580cdab531e5
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