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The Great AI Grift The Great AI Grift
Tech leaders want you to believe that AI is the key to a new golden age. The reality looks more like a bold, government-backed heist.
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More and more students are being indoctrinated into a cult of cold “efficiency,” where the training of workers for corporate employment are held to be the ultimate priorities.
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Politics
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The AI Boom Is a Climate Bust The AI Boom Is a Climate Bust
It’s not just the massive amounts of water and energy data centers require—AI is also spreading climate misinformation across the Internet.
Trump Is in His Own Universe—but He’s Still Wrecking Ours Trump Is in His Own Universe—but He’s Still Wrecking Ours
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