Aurora Gomez @tunubesecamirio urges us to leave #TechnoOptimism behind, in the discussion about big data centres with empty promises to "create jobs" and to solve the electricity and water needs. We already know that these promises are false. In reality people loose their land, ecosystems die because of lack of (good) water. We have seen this happen in many places around the world.

These data centres are generally used for extractive data business models and not rrally for the local economy.

Session: Communities resisting #datacentres also with Paola Ricaurte and Agustí Emperador @ecologistas

At #msc26 #mobilesocialcongress2026 at @canodrom

Conf: “Technological Optimism in 1970s and 1980s Popular Culture: Innovation, Creativity, Prosperity, and Freedom”

Leibniz Institute of European History (IEG), Mainz, 15-17 April 2026

The conference programme and further information is available at its website: https://ieg-dhr.github.io/techno_optimism/

Because space is limited, we ask that those who are interested in attending register by sending a brief e-mail to [email protected] by 25. March 2026.

#DHLab_IEG #Histodons #TechnoOptimism

This is a brilliant video by Adam Neely on #GenerativeAI in #music, that takes a sharp turn (somewhat expectedly) towards an analysis of the machinations of #TechnoOptimism, #EffectiveAccelerationism, and their undeniable connection to #Fascism. It is a long one and has a high information density but it is one of the best video essays I've seen in quite a while. If you care about music and the arts — or just knowing you fascist enemy: this one is for you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8dcFhF0Dlk

My problem with optimism, or, rather, #TechnoOptimism, is that it's always framed with the message "if you give the people who control your lives a chance, it'll all work out."

That's not optimism. That submission.

#Technocrat

[PODCAST] Separating AI Hope from AI Hype by #EFF “How to Fix the Internet”

https://pca.st/episode/027127a1-f699-4cfd-a501-f42256df3be4

One of the best podcasts I have heard to date about AI, techno-optimism, the AI hype cycle, and more. Highly recommended!

#AI #MediaLit #PodcastRecc #podcast #AIhype #hype #TechnoOptimism

https://botnetbazaar.com

#technooptimism #eacc #accelerar #merch #toasterbotnet

🌍 Cartography of generative AI

https://cartography-of-generative-ai.net/

The popularisation of artificial intelligence (AI) has given rise to imaginaries that invite alienation and mystification. At a time when these technologies seem to be consolidating, it is pertinent to map their connections with human activities and more than human territories. What set of extractions, agencies and resources allow us to converse online with a text-generating tool or to obtain images in a matter of seconds?

#AI #extractivism #generativeAI #illustration #TechnoOptimism