It’s not AI, she says. “That genie is out of the bottle: it’s here, it’s an effective tool, you can use it or not,” she says. The real problem is all the huge data centers that are being built around the world to supply AI with data (ie, human intelligence) without any kind of public assessment or regulation process and which are having a variety of disastrous effects, from enormous energy and water use to the destruction of many a natural landscape. And Erin Brocovich, the long-time environmental activist portrayed by Julia Roberts in the film about her earlier struggles against chemical pollution, is once again back in the news taking on the powers-that-be to stop the rapid expansion of data centers. Read all about it:
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