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30 October 2024
The Saga of the Benin Bronzes Takes a Farcical New Turn
30 October 2024
by Mike Wells
The Big Tech companies are setting up AI data centres that will consume vast amounts of electricity – OpenAI alone wants to create seven that will consume more electricity per year than the UK. So much for Net Zero.
Microsoft has 'bought' the Three Mile Island nuclear power station in Pennsylvania to run its energy-hungry AI data centres. It's showing us the future, says Nick Bowler.
With 8.5 million computers knocked out worldwide by a simple faulty software update, the CrowdStrike debacle throws into stark relief the serious drawbacks of a centralised, digitised world, says Dr. R P.
Microsoft has announced a new feature that takes a screenshot of your activity every few seconds and saves it as a permanent record. What could go wrong, asks technology expert Dr R P.
Should we fear AIs becoming sentient? No says Ewan Morrison. We should be worried about being controlled by much less intelligent machines.
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