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Welcome to our debut episode of “Power On, Power Off,” a podcast about technology, people, power, and whatever else we’re in a mood about.
In this inaugural episode (recorded two months before posting, we'll get better at this!) we focus on the latest discourse about artificial intelligence, the future of human safety and security, and AI’s impacts on democracy, information, and civic participation in a major global election year. We cover:
Rhetorical framings of AI
“Vagueness by design”
AI development, environmental impacts, and exploitative labor practices
Predictions for AI, information, and elections in 2024
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005. 'Everyone do a data center story' with Karen Hao
Published 24 Nov 2024 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And in reporting the story that you mentioned for the Atlantic, what I tried to do was look at this one very specific data center that Microsoft had built in Arizona, in the greater Phoenix area, and to just try and find as much information about it as possible. Like, do we know how much water it's using? […]
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