Weekend list of critical reading links about the state[1] of Tech, AI[2] hype/finance/politics, mostly long form:
Ed Zitron's The Hater's Guide To The AI Bubble
https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-gui/
How to use computing power faster: on the weird economics of semiconductors and GenAI (by @gauthier)
https://gauthierroussilhe.com/en/articles/how-to-use-computing-power-faster
Predictive Capital: Roads to Terminal Alienation: Soil to Server Farm, Reason to Vibe (by @atomless)
https://www.creativeapplications.net/theory/predictive-capital/
Honey, AI Capex is Eating the Economy
https://paulkedrosky.com/honey-ai-capex-ate-the-economy/
Decomputing as Resistance (by @danmcquillan)
https://danmcquillan.org/decomputing_as_resistance.html
How big tech is force-feeding us AI
https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/how-big-tech-is-force-feeding-us
Also, in addition to the above, a little more #FollowFriday if you're interested in these topics, their implications and peripheries (in A-Z order):
@asrg
@festal
@gerrymcgovern
@Kurtis_Clark
@tante
@w0bb1t
Academia:
@bildoperationen
@databasecultures
@emilymbender
@Iris
@timnitGebru
[1] As in: "Just look at the state of this..."
[2] As in "generative AI"