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Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending Sunday 29 September 2024
  • Apparently An Post is the last holdout for crypto/AI/NFT synergy??

    An Post unveils first AI-generated stamps

    An Post has launched two artist-led generative AI-designed stamps featuring crypto technology in a first-ever for Ireland. Designer and AI Artist Kasia Oźmin crafted her visionary interpretation of an imaginary Ireland.

  • Three Mile Island nuclear plant is restarting to power AI for Microsoft
  • Well, it's a hell of a distraction!

    Augh, augh, I'm starting to sound like one of those conspiracy nuts who think Beyoncé times her album releases to distract people from what the illuminati are getting up to. Time to stop....

  • The Bitcoin bros who want to crowdfund a new country
  • Yeah there is no land to "acquire" that isn't already important to somebody, and there is no nation you can create without coming into conflict with existing nations or tribes. Terra nullius doesn't exist!

  • Data centre energy usage has outpaced growth of renewable energy in Ireland

    m.independent.ie Wind and solar energy produced more electricity last year, but data centre usage outpaced progress

    All the extra renewable electricity ­produced in Ireland last year was eaten up by the growth in data centres, new analysis shows.

    Wind and solar energy produced more electricity last year, but data centre usage outpaced progress

    "Total demand for electricity last year grew by 4.4pc, or 1.3 terawatts (TW), but 80pc of that increase, or 1.1TW, was from data centre growth."

    Training data for LLMs = higher energy prices and environmental degradation.

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    Reimagining AI | Planet Critical

    A video interview with the artist John Wild about AI, AGI, eugenics and Silicon Valley TESCREAL cultism. Posting without watching.

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    Interview with Dr Abeba Birhane on Irish radio

    "AI for dummies" interview from Irish radio with Dr Abeba Birhane, who's on a UN advisory board about AI.

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    Spotted this ad in an old copy of Smash Hits. Possible tagline for this server?

    According to wikipedia, Runaway received "mixed reviews".

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    Dan McQuillan on Resisting AI | Yeah Nah Pasaran! On 3CR

    www.3cr.org.au Dan McQuillan on Resisting AI

    This week we have a chat with Dr Dan McQuillan about his book Resisting AI: An Anti-fascist Approach to Artificial Intelligence.

    Dan McQuillan on Resisting AI

    Interview on Australian anti-fascist radio show Yeah Nah Pasaran! with Dan McQuillan, computer lecturer and author of "Resisting AI: An Anti-fascist Approach To Artificial Intelligence". Interesting comments on AI as a tool of/for austerity politics, and an argument that AI is inherently anti-worker. Probably nothing new to people in here, but eloquently stated and put into a wider political context.

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    Building an entirely new city from scratch in Northern California: an environmentally friendly way of providing more housing, according to some silicon valley types

    www.theguardian.com Plan for 55,000-acre utopia dreamed by Silicon Valley elites unveiled

    Flannery Associates, the California group behind the $800m effort, launched a website showcasing renderings

    Plan for 55,000-acre utopia dreamed by Silicon Valley elites unveiled

    Sure, why attempt to improve the climate resilience or affordable housing in the cities where millions of people already live, when you can just buy land upstate and get a whole new toy to play with? And why tell local, state or national government anything - they'll only be supplying the land, water, sewerage, utilities & transport links. You pay your taxes, you deserve to get something back.

    This is going to be one hell of a planning application. What's the land use code for "feudal stronghold"?

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