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"In Empire of #AI, journalist Karen Hao writes about the rise of #OpenAI and the impacts of AI around the world. Below is an extract from the book on the effects on Chile's mineral reserves and water resources."

«The real cost of AI is being paid in deserts far from Silicon Valley»
Of course it's not just the 'AI' boom but our tech consumption more broadly, but it's a good summary of how large-scale resource extraction is doing its part to destroy communities and the planet.
/HT @… for sharing the link!
https://restofworld.org/2025/ai-resource-extraction-chile-indigenous-communities/

«The real cost of AI is being paid in deserts far from Silicon Valley»
Of course it's not just the 'AI' boom but our tech consumption more broadly, but it's a good summary of how large-scale resource extraction is doing its part to destroy communities and the planet.
/HT @… for sharing the link!
https://restofworld.org/2025/ai-resource-extraction-chile-indigenous-communities/

"Make sure you catch any inventory stickers still attached to the plums. Squint at the fine print on one of them to find the origin statement. Apparently we import plums from Chile? Guess you'd better enjoy them while we still do that."
How to make the Smitten Kitchen Purple Plum Torte in March, 2025

Does the US have the capacity to negotiate trade agreements with 140 countries simultaneously? Alright, call it 110 because the EU covers 28 states in one go. But still. That's a lot of meeting rooms, a lot of coffee, and lot of PowerPoint. And a lot of trade wonks, they'll be pulling kids in off the streets and telling them they're now in charge of talks with, say, Chile, or Thailand, or the UAE.
And who'd want to be a trade wonk working for an embecile who doesn'…