"They don’t talk about that more political angle; the way [AI] is used to cement their power in a way that can be harder to immediately identify than, say, the outwardly authoritarian actions of a politician or leader. #AI much more quietly erodes the ...
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"They don’t talk about that more political angle; the way [AI] is used to cement their power in a way that can be harder to immediately identify than, say, the outwardly authoritarian actions of a politician or leader. #AI much more quietly erodes the power of much of the public over their own lives, taking away their autonomy by shifting decisions to unaccountable technologies and the people who control them."
4-part "Data Vampires" series from @parismarx:
Data Vampires: Going Hyperscale (Episode 1) - Tech Won’t Save Us
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Amazon, Microsoft, and Google are the dominant players in the cloud market. Around the world, they’re building massive hyperscale data centers that they claim are necessary to power the future of our digital existence. But they also increase their power over other companies and come with massive resource demands communities are getting fed up with. Is their future really the one we want? This is episode 1 of Data Vampires, a special four-part series from Tech Won’t Save Us.
Tech Won't Save Us (techwontsave.us)
