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"Mainstream conversations about artificial intelligence (AI) have been
dominated by a few key concerns, such as whether superintelligent AI will wipe
us out, or whether AI will steal our jobs. But we’ve paid less attention the
various other environmental and social impacts of our “consumption” of AI,
which are arguably just as important.
Everything we consume has associated “externalities” – the indirect impacts of
our consumption. For instance, industrial pollution is a well-known externality
that has a negative impact on people and the environment.
The online services we use daily also have externalities, but there seems to be
a much lower level of public awareness of these. Given the massive uptake in
the use of AI, these factors mustn’t be overlooked."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
