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🎙️ tech won’t save us
📬 disconnect
📖 hyperscale, road to nowhere
honestly i welcome the data center lobby just openly saying climate goals needed to be trashed so the tech industry can build ai — intense heat waves, record forest fires, worsening natural disasters be damned
https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-choose-ai-climate-goals-data-center-chief-warns/
The United States sanctioned Chilean officials who were assessing a proposal to build an undersea cable between Chile and Hong Kong.
It wants to ensure South America data flows through cables owned by US companies, giving it the ability to surveil that data.
https://restofworld.org/2026/chile-china-america-google-cable/
first the pope comes out as an ai-critical luddite, now he’s literally quoting gandalf in the anti-ai encyclical? these popes are almost making catholicism look cool
The gig economy is moving into healthcare and trying to make nurses bid on shifts through apps. It’s madness.
On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke with Katie Wells to dig into the threat gig work poses for patients and hospital workers alike. There are already horror stories.
Listen to the full episode: https://techwontsave.us/episode/332_silicon_valley_is_turning_nurses_into_gig_workers_w_katie_j_wells
katie couric on the internet in 1994 is increasingly my vibe
”Meta, Spotify, and Google don’t just host AI-generated imagery, ads, and music; they’re also responsible for making the tools that create it. … Allowing users to filter it out regardless would go against all the effort these platforms have undertaken to profit from AI: They want you to embrace the slop factory.”
#tech #google #meta #spotify #ai #generativeai #artificialintelligence
Across the United States, communities are uniting in opposition to data centers to power generative AI.
I spoke with Saul Levin to talk about those fights and how they center on tangible issues that bring people together.
Listen to the full episode: https://techwontsave.us/episode/334_data_center_opposition_is_uniting_communities_w_saul_levin
#tech #ai #generativeai #datacenters #politics #openai #anthropic
If even nurses can be made gig workers, who else will be in their crosshairs?
I spoke with Katie J. Wells about how technology doesn’t have to be used against workers, but that’s precisely how it’s being implemented.
Listen to the full episode: https://techwontsave.us/episode/332_silicon_valley_is_turning_nurses_into_gig_workers_w_katie_j_wells
Mark Carney wants Canadians to become more “literate” on AI. But is a lack of understanding really why people are against it?
On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke with Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood to dig into the Canadian government’s AI strategy and its many blind spots.
Listen to the full episode: https://techwontsave.us/episode/333_canadas_government_is_rushing_ai_adoption_w_hadrian_mertins_kirkwood
There’s a growing backlash not just to AI in schools, but to dependence on screens more broadly. It’s about time.
I spoke with @TomMullaney@mastodon.education to dig into how AI is making its way into schools and why a more critical perspective is needed.
Listen to the full episode: https://techwontsave.us/episode/330_do_chatbots_really_belong_in_schools_w_tom_mullaney
A few weeks ago, I was in Frankfurt about to head to Zambia when news started filtering out that RightsCon had been cancelled over pressure from China.
It was shocking to see. I still ended up traveling to Zambia for a separate event, but it showed me we can’t take our eye off China even if the US is the more immediate threat.
There’s a lot of controversy around social media age limits — and rightfully so. But six months after Australia’s youth ban, other countries are already learning lessons.
Legislation in Brazil and Canada pairs age limits with design standards, including an opt out if platforms are “safe by design.” Experimentation is the route to better policy, instead of endlessly debating while tech companies evade accountability.
https://disconnect.blog/social-media-policy-is-evolving-beyond-age-limits/
Every single day we’re met with a flood of information we’re supposed to follow, absorb, and understand to be ready for all the rest that will follow.
It keeps us engaged, which is great for the platforms, but is it really great for us? All I know is I need to pull back.
Prediction markets are one of the many ways society is crumbling under the pressure to financialize everything — which crypto and NFTs were part of.
I spoke with Jathan Sadowski to dig into how tech companies are harming us to maximize profit.
Listen to the full episode: https://techwontsave.us/episode/329_prediction_markets_want_to_financialize_everything_w_jathan_sadowski
#tech #nft #crypto #sportsbetting #kalshi #polymarket #predictionmarkets
Polymarket and Kalshi seem to be everywhere, but what are prediction markets doing to society?
On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke with Jathan Sadowski to dig into the ideological goal to financialize everything and the many harms that arise from that model.
Listen to the full episode: https://techwontsave.us/episode/329_prediction_markets_want_to_financialize_everything_w_jathan_sadowski
Prime ministers sucking up to tech executives for jobs is bad enough, but it clearly isn’t a good sign for their approach to tech policy.
I spoke to Will Dunn about the risks of the UK government’s deep reliance on generative AI.
Listen to the full episode: https://techwontsave.us/episode/328_the_uk_governments_ai_obsession_is_a_big_risk_w_will_dunn
#tech #ai #ukpol #uk #artificialintelligence #politics #governance #elonmusk
SpaceX is going public! Despite the name, it’s now more of an AI company than a rocket company.
I spoke to @sokane1@threads.net to dig into the SpaceX IPO, the wild valuation it’s going for, and how it destroys corporate governance to empower Elon Musk.
Listen to the full episode: https://techwontsave.us/episode/331_the_spacex_ipo_gives_elon_musk_even_more_power_w_sean_okane
#spacex #xai #elonmusk #economy #markets #tech #ai #generativeai
Chatbots are showing up everywhere and schools are no exception. But should we really be letting tech companies push AI on students?
I spoke to @TomMullaney@mastodon.education to discuss the drawbacks of AI in schools and the broader pushback to screens.
Listen to the full episode: https://techwontsave.us/episode/330_do_chatbots_really_belong_in_schools_w_tom_mullaney
