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Russell’s Teapot: Dispatches From the Final Stage of the AI Bubble
What if the AI future being sold to markets rests on claims that cannot survive scrutiny? From superintelligence to mass job loss, the loudest promises around generative AI begin to look less like foresight than hype dressed up as inevitability.
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One Affordability Battle After Another: What to do about the growing damage from the AI-Fossil Fuel Industrial Complex
Affordability of electricity and concerns about fossil fuel pollution, water resources, and job loss, have driven a rebellion against data centers that is both grassroots and bipartisan. It’s time for cleaner, faster and cheaper solutions.
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Failed State, Failed Market: Europe’s Bid to Reprice Social Media Harms
Europe’s social media crackdown is less about “speech wars” than a long-overdue attempt to price the public damage created by large platforms.