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Jim Thomas @scanthehorizon.bsky.social · Jul 25

another #AI meme proposal: Rename 'Hyperscale Data Centers' as "Hype and Scale data centers" - since thats what drives the AI bubble - ie hype and scaling

Jim Thomas @scanthehorizon.bsky.social · Jun 20

Of course they also loot economies and communities of energy, water, minerals, democratic accountability, rights etc…

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Jim Thomas @scanthehorizon.bsky.social · Jun 20

Meme proposal: LLM’s = Large Looting Models. Since LLM’s ( so-called Large language models)facilitate mass theft and exploitation ( of knowledge, text, art, music, images, culture, genetic material, personal data etc) I propose LLM should stand for Large Looting Models . Pass it on / repost!

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Jim Thomas @scanthehorizon.bsky.social · Apr 3

A bit more than just ‘in the loop’ ideally.. how about ‘human in the decision maker role’ .. Probably a bit like Churchill’s adage that experts should be ‘on tap but not on top’. It may be fine to have AI outputs ‘on tap’ but definitely not ‘on top’..

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Jim Thomas @scanthehorizon.bsky.social · Feb 10

At AI summit: Abebe Birhane. « Sometimes what we need is no AI »
Janet Haven : « We can’t rely on AI to solve social problems . @abeba.bsky.social @datasociety.bsky.social

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Jim Thomas @scanthehorizon.bsky.social · Feb 9

Stickers circulating at the Paris AI Summit.. the French reads ‘ I already hear the sound of bots’ - ‘bruit des bottes’ ( sound of boots) is a French reference to the sound of marching fascist jackboots.

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Jim Thomas @scanthehorizon.bsky.social · Jan 25

@edwardongwesojr.com - great show but gen x question/ what is Zinn? My gen z kids don’t know..

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Jim Thomas @scanthehorizon.bsky.social · Jan 25

Finally something inspiring, upbeat, truth telling. Thank you AOC.

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social · Jan 23

Watch the full episode on YouTube:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eehe...

Jon Stewart & AOC Take On Trump’s Comeback and Rebuilding the Democratic Party | The Weekly Show

YouTube video by The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

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Leo Prints @leoprints.bsky.social · Jan 17

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NDN Collective @ndncollective.bsky.social · Jan 20

🔊 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 🔊

“It’s finally over– I’m going home.” – Leonard Peltier

Today, President Biden granted Leonard Peltier executive clemency and commuted the remainder of his sentence.

Read our full press release: ndnco.cc/PeltierCleme...

'It's finally over': President Biden Grants Leonard Peltier Clemency - NDN COLLECTIVE

In his final moments in office, President Biden grants executive clemency to Leonard Peltier, the longest-incarcerated Native American political prisoner in American history.

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💥 @dynamoe.bsky.social · Dec 24

Stop Forcing A.I. into Fucking EVERYTHING!

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Jim Thomas @scanthehorizon.bsky.social · Dec 17

Luddites! Artificial intelligence! Synthetic Biology! Generative Biology! Financialising nature! tech bro billionaire space cowboys! All the topics in one wide ranging interview with the breaking green podcast globaljusticeecology.org/breaking-gre...

Breaking Green: Artificial Intelligence and Generative Biology with Jim Thomas – Global Justice Ecology Project

globaljusticeecology.org

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Jim Thomas @scanthehorizon.bsky.social · Dec 13

Uh oh.. www.mercurynews.com/2024/12/13/o...

OpenAI whistleblower found dead in San Francisco apartment

A former OpenAI researcher who raised concerns about the company is dead at 26.

www.mercurynews.com

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Jim Thomas @scanthehorizon.bsky.social · Dec 13

Yes and apparently 10 times the energy use per search

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Jim Thomas @scanthehorizon.bsky.social · Dec 13

and yes #solarpunk may be more the ticket..

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Jim Thomas @scanthehorizon.bsky.social · Dec 13

Alt-Growth? (think different) , innerGrowth? (focus on place, connectivity, sovereignty, densifying relations within economy not expansion).. but why even try to detourn 'growth' - just reinforces the original bad frame - I think 'enough' type framings are better: satisfaction, ease, sufficiency.

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Jim Thomas @scanthehorizon.bsky.social · Dec 12

Biden to increase data centers, pollution and tech power as his parting shot: “The action could allow data centers to exceed pollution limits, open federal lands to data center construction and give data centers priority access to available power supply” subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2024...

POLITICO Pro: White House weighing executive action to spur data centers

The exact nature of the action is still under discussion, said two people familiar with the matter.

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Jim Thomas @scanthehorizon.bsky.social · Dec 11

In any case .. they are all functionally American - red,white and blue patriots of "American Dynamism", right?

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Jim Thomas @scanthehorizon.bsky.social · Dec 11

I don't know who has put this site together but it seems a very well curated overview and explanation of the agendas driving the techbroligarch takeover in washington #siliconswamp www.vcinfodocs.com

Venture Capital Status

www.vcinfodocs.com

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Jim Thomas @scanthehorizon.bsky.social · Dec 11

so.. down to eight white american men (unless we consider Musk, Sacks and Thiel as Africans? ...)

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Jim Thomas @scanthehorizon.bsky.social · Dec 11

It may not be here for much longer.. cruise just lost funding, hopefully waymo is next .. the future is no looking so ‘future’y - www.theverge.com/2024/12/10/2...

Cruise’s robotaxi service will likely shut down as GM pulls its funding

Cruise is out.

www.theverge.com

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Jim Thomas @scanthehorizon.bsky.social · Dec 10

I'mm betting this is headed towards a musk vs thiel replay..

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Jim Thomas @scanthehorizon.bsky.social · Dec 9

Thanks Patrick!

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Jim Thomas @scanthehorizon.bsky.social · Dec 9

Sounds like maybe another reason to question the industrial Seaweed Delusion (carrageenan is from red seaweeds) : www.etcgroup.org/content/seaw...

The Seaweed Delusion

www.etcgroup.org

Jim Thomas @scanthehorizon.bsky.social · Dec 9

Go at it!... too many good choices...

Tech Won’t Save Us @techwontsave.us · Dec 9

💥 THE BATTLE BEGINS 💥

The tech industry has had quite a year with its billionaires revealing who they really are for all to see. Who will be the WORST PERSON IN TECH?

🗳️ Voting is now open: forms.gle/XYERvxNFTBV1...

Full bracket of 32 names for The Worst Person in Tech 2024