AI Might Put a Few TechBro's Minds on Floppy Disks at the Cost of Millions of Lives & Our Environment - With Paris Marx

Technology alone will not save us. Paris Marx joins us to discuss how the drive to grow the artificial intelligence (AI) industry without moderation could have some seriously negative consequences for the climate and how the debate on AI tends to emphasize false concerns over genuine ones (like misinformation and impacts on journalism quality). We get into how journalism is changing and the importance of public funding.

We also discuss how a lot of AI hype is being driven by some bizarre theories about the future. These theories value a few very wealthy peoples' quest for immortality over the benefit of generations of human beings (and maybe one day artificial beings) to come.

It's a discussion about future energy needs and the quest for balance when some voices want fossil fuels around, for pretty selfish reasons, after fossil fuels aren't even needed anymore. It's a discussion about healthy relationships with that which we create and to that end in the Q&A we answer some questions from a unique source...

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