Once again, everyone is now worried there's an AI bubble. It is, and it will deflate. But deflating doesn't undo the harmful effects, as @histoftech.bsky.social and I wrote back in 2024… ash.harvard.edu/resources/wa...
Watching the Generative AI Hype Bubble Deflate – Ash Center ash.harvard.edu
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- Goldman Sachs and Sequoia Capital publicly questioned whether generative AI costs are generating commensurate revenue, signaling the hype peak.
- U.S. coal plant retirements slowed by 40% amid AI energy demand; Microsoft abandoned its 2030 carbon-negative goal as emissions climbed 30% since 2020.
- The authors argue the bubble's deflation will not reverse environmental damage, labor displacement in creative fields, or erosion of information quality.
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🚨Finally published: How does the US Military enlist AI researchers in war? @siree.sh, Lucy Suchman and I examine 7k US Military grant solicitations for AI research, and show how even "Basic Research" enlists researchers in a warfighting agenda. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177…
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A short reflection on "interdisciplinary" in AI, from Lucy Suchman, @siree.sh, and myself: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
AI interdisciplinarity as critical technical practice | Cambridge Forum on AI: Culture and Society | Cambridge Core cambridge.org
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🌶 David Gray Widder reposted
Some weekend listening for you! Nice to sit down with @alixdunn.com to talk about the toxic love training that gave us AI: Big Tech, the US Military, and the Academy… csm.transistor.fm/episodes/com...
Computer Says Maybe | Computer Says Kill: The Toxic Love Triangle of Big Tech, Big War & Big Science w/ David Gray Widder csm.transistor.fm
