'Some people find chatbots useful...but nobody is doing anything with them that remotely justifies their socialized costs. I’m compelled to note that I’ve been a machine learning practitioner for 20 years, and was excited about last decade’s neural network developments, but this train has gone off the rails'

#genAI #technology #polycrisis #climateCrisis #ClimateChange

https://www.eamoncaddigan.net/posts/ai-in-2026/

'In the next five years, the Earth is overwhelmingly likely to surge again and again past the international climate threshold set as safe and shatter its hottest-year record along the way'.

"Whether it's extreme heat, mega-storms, floods, massive wildfires or droughts hitting food supply and prices, (…) every nation is already paying a huge price from this global climate crisis."

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/think-its-hot-now-the-next-five-years-will-smash-records-un-says

#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #NoPipelines #ClimateChange #ClimateBreakdown #PolyCrisis

RE: https://mstdn.ca/@atomicker/116654543489461223

Meanwhile, Statistics Canada says 1 in 4 Canadians can't afford enough food to eat:

https://globalnews.ca/news/11863462/food-insecurity-canada-ontario/

#Canada #CDNPoli #CostOfLivingCrisis #PolyCrisis

Slow simmered beef, fine wine, luxury butter: “Prime Minister Mark Carney and his entourage spent $195,400 indulging in in-flight meals such as veal, beef tenderloin with bordelaise sauce and Scottish salmon fillet“.

“Carney spent more money on airplane food during three trips than the average family will spend on groceries in a decade”.

https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/slow-simmered-beef,-fine-wine,-luxury-butter-cups-inside-the-pm%E2%80%99s-taxpayer-funded-flights

#Canada #CDNPoli #CostOfLivingCrisis #PolyCrisis