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Karen Hao

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The News Agents
How the tech bros of AI are breaking our democracy

So he just wheeled 35 methane gas turbines, unlicensed, to the site and plugged them in to start powering Colossus.

The News Agents
How the tech bros of AI are breaking our democracy

And those methane gas turbines started funneling enormous amount of methane into the air.

The News Agents
How the tech bros of AI are breaking our democracy

So talk about climate implications.

The News Agents
How the tech bros of AI are breaking our democracy

And then also pumping thousands of tons of toxins into...

The News Agents
How the tech bros of AI are breaking our democracy

And I met with one of the activists that's now leading the fight against Colossus.

The News Agents
How the tech bros of AI are breaking our democracy

His name is Kashan Pearson.

The News Agents
How the tech bros of AI are breaking our democracy

And at an event where he was speaking, he told everyone to close their eyes and to take two deep breaths.

The News Agents
How the tech bros of AI are breaking our democracy

And afterwards, he was like, that is a human right to breathe clean air.

The News Agents
How the tech bros of AI are breaking our democracy

And that's what's being taken away from us.

The News Agents
How the tech bros of AI are breaking our democracy

AI is a political project.

The News Agents
How the tech bros of AI are breaking our democracy

The central feature of that political project is taking agency away from everyone.

The News Agents
How the tech bros of AI are breaking our democracy

And Mr. Blair has successfully continued to propagate this idea that no one has agency in this, which is, I think, deeply anti-democratic.

The News Agents
How the tech bros of AI are breaking our democracy

The entire premise of democracy is that we are able to shape our future.

The News Agents
How the tech bros of AI are breaking our democracy

And if someone is saying you cannot stop one of the forces that will come to shape how the future looks, then what's even the point of democracy after that?

The News Agents
How the tech bros of AI are breaking our democracy

I mean, that is deeply untrue.

The News Agents
How the tech bros of AI are breaking our democracy

The things that we do today is what shapes our future.

The News Agents
How the tech bros of AI are breaking our democracy

And there are many people around the world that are now actively contesting the way that these empires of AR are engaging

The News Agents
How the tech bros of AI are breaking our democracy

in this technological imperial project.

The News Agents
How the tech bros of AI are breaking our democracy

And it's having an effect on these companies.

The News Agents
How the tech bros of AI are breaking our democracy

So everything that Blair said is, I think, absolutely not true.