Trump’s Vision for A.I. Dominance Comes With Major Air Pollution (Gift Article)

So, I’ve actually done some public relations & government affairs work on natural gas projects in the past that actually had some benefits for the communities they would be in, like permanent union jobs, replacing coal generation, acting as a bridge fuel (this was plausible at the time)…

Trump’s vision for AI dominance comes with major air pollution Read the full story in the New York Times (gift article). In the debate over data centers that is roiling the country, water use and noise are often cited as objections by neighbors and environmentalists. Less mentioned has been the…

When the data centers being built or pulling permits to be built just this year will release as much carbon as half the cars driven in a year in the U.S., there is effectively NO altruistic or utilitarian argument for using or supporting AI. It’s not curing cancer, it’s making racist memes.