Dr Lauren Fraser
@walkyouhome.bsky.social
Librarian in HE | Union rep | Maker | Potterer
Out in East Lothian usually
Out in East Lothian usually
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frame: estimates of AI water usage are exaggerated / less than other industries
negation: actually these studies show it's still pretty bad and it's hard to make good estimates when they hide all the data
kirby:
negation: actually these studies show it's still pretty bad and it's hard to make good estimates when they hide all the data
kirby:
how much water does it take to disrupt the careers of millions of people? how much water does it take to make deepfakes of underage kids? how much water does it take to exacerbate people's mental health crises? is there a good number? is there an acceptable number?
December 13, 2025 at 11:42 PM
frame: estimates of AI water usage are exaggerated / less than other industries
negation: actually these studies show it's still pretty bad and it's hard to make good estimates when they hide all the data
kirby:
negation: actually these studies show it's still pretty bad and it's hard to make good estimates when they hide all the data
kirby:
Thank god they kept the tiles
December 12, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Thank god they kept the tiles
Is there an ephemera category?
December 11, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Is there an ephemera category?
Reposted by Dr Lauren Fraser
We end on "Machine Yearning for a Better Present" because why can't we dream? Why accept that universities are not places of learning? Nothing, except industry and their paid shills amongst us, force us to accept this & this force is not one of reason, but one of regressive values & profit.
10/n
10/n
September 6, 2025 at 8:53 AM
We end on "Machine Yearning for a Better Present" because why can't we dream? Why accept that universities are not places of learning? Nothing, except industry and their paid shills amongst us, force us to accept this & this force is not one of reason, but one of regressive values & profit.
10/n
10/n
Reposted by Dr Lauren Fraser
Sometimes I think I’m too much of an alarmist. Then I recall that I’m actually not doing enough.
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At our school (UCLA), we’re told we’re in a budget crisis. And yet central IT is out here buying licenses from OpenAI. As I told the person responsible, if anything, OpenAI should be paying US for beta testing their dangerous, flawed software.
December 11, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Sometimes I think I’m too much of an alarmist. Then I recall that I’m actually not doing enough.
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Reposted by Dr Lauren Fraser
I’d like to just circle back around and connect this to the earlier discussion about the administrative class making deals with AI firms and inviting them onto campus, feigning or actually having total lack of knowledge of the ethical material harms that they cause, to include to our students.
December 11, 2025 at 5:21 AM
I’d like to just circle back around and connect this to the earlier discussion about the administrative class making deals with AI firms and inviting them onto campus, feigning or actually having total lack of knowledge of the ethical material harms that they cause, to include to our students.