Save the AIHave a look at this new report on #AI energy needs!
https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1116327/ai-energy-usage-climate-footprint-big-tech/
Doris Allhutter
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scholar in STS, automation of welfare, inequality in tech infrastructures, normativity of computing, feminist materialisms (old & new), cranes
“There is no transparency on water consumption by datacentres under construction in these cities. Companies do not publish this information voluntarily, and the government refuses to release technical documentation for licensing, citing industrial secrecy.
In early April, the National Electricity System Operator (ONS) rejected Casa dos Ventos’s request for access to the grid, citing risks to grid stability.”
Digital Humanism Conference in Vienna?!?!?!?!????????
„human-centered digital technology development—focused on fundamental rights, freedoms, democracy, and self-determination“
Seriously? AI Needs Your Help!!
Some courageous participant spoke out: NO COFFEE FOR YOU - AI NEEDS ITS FILL
Energy and water are scare resources. Next time you‘re filling up your coffee mug, ask yourself: shouldn’t I save that water and electricity for AI?
More info https://savethe.ai @savetheAI
International Workers Day in Vienna ✊
This young demonstrator shows us how it’s done. For more Solidarity with AI!!
Don‘t apply to that job. AI needs it more than you.
#SafeTheAI @savetheAI #AI
Timnit Gebru (she/her).3. Wilington Shitawa is a former data annotator and quality analyst who worked at BPOs Cloud Factory and Sama in Kenya. He joined the Data Workers’ Inquiry to expose widespread exploitative practices in the AI industry. His comic explores the experiences of data workers at the BPOs Sama and Cloud Factory. Low wages, long hours, and shattered hopes are common to both companies, which suggests these are widespread practices within the AI industry. Have a look at https://data-workers.org/wilington/
2. In Lebanon, where she has been living as a Syrian refugee since 2014, Roukaya Al Hammada leads a data annotation team with the BPO Humans in the Loop. Working in data annotation is a surprising turn in her career, as she has medical training. Her upcoming article explores the unique challenges faced by Syrian refugees working as data annotators in Lebanon, including mental health issues, low wages, and bureaucratic barriers. Find it at https://data-workers.org/roukaya/
1. Yasser works as a data annotator while studying computer science. He is passionate about technology and eager to apply a blend of academic knowledge and project experience in the tech industry. His vlog highlights the inadequate training of data workers in Syria and their resulting personal struggles. It advocates for fair, structured, and honest training processes to empower and prepare workers for the job. Watch the video at https://data-workers.org/yasser/.
🔈🔈🔈 Friends, this Monday July 22nd at 5pm CET/8am PDT is the next event in the Data Workers’ Inquiry series: a panel with Yasser Alrayes, Roukaya Alhammada, Wilington Shitawa and Adio-Adet Dinika, moderated by Krystal Kauffman. They will discuss what precarity looks like for data workers. Sign up at https://data-workers.org/events 🧵
Frank Pasquale“An over-reliance on digital technology had made him feel distant from the physical world. It reduces the vibrancy of life and makes you feel like you’re floating around in a daze. It’s like being stuck in a cave watching wall of shadows, instead of being out in the world. The analogue trend is really just an effort to counteract that, & take hold of embodied reality again.”
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/article/2024/jun/12/young-people-turning-away-from-phones-social-media-addiction
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/article/2024/jun/12/young-people-turning-away-from-phones-social-media-addiction
Paris MarxThis is cool: Māori in Aotearoa New Zealand are building out a distributed storage network with eight sites built on Māori land to give “iwi and hapū the power to control and make decisions over their own data.”
World-first data storage infrastructure solution built by Iwi Māori, for Iwi Māori - Waatea News: Māori Radio Station
Media release: World-first data storage infrastructure solution built by Iwi Māori, for Iwi Māori Te Kāhui Raraunga Charitable Trust (TKR) is on a mission to provide a data storage solution like no other in the pursuit of mana motuhake when […]