do you ever just re-invent luddites by accident?
I don't think the problem with AI or robots is themselves (ecological damage and IP theft is still a concern), it's the centralization of capital
spreadsheet software replacing human calculators
like... if you use AI or robotics... it should come from a worker controlled cooperative.
it should not centralize capital into the buy-n-large bezosphere of rent-everything economics.
(this is related to structural unemployment / technological unemployment - and might be a way to introduce someone to the idea of how structural racism is different than they imagine, because technology advancements seem like a force you can't stop or question, entrenched into the fabric of society - when they absolutely should be fair and equitable)
Chinese state media: President Xi criticized "technological barriers" during Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte's visit to Beijing, as the US curbs ASML exports (Cagan Koc/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
Some hard facts for the eco-techno-optimists from the always well researched Low Tech magazine.
"Unfortunately, the planned switch to low-carbon energy sources and the electrification of heating and transport technologies will not decrease our dependency on the steel industry – on the contrary."
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python_dependency: Python Dependency Network
Python's package dependency networks. Nodes in the network are Python's packages registered to PyPI and edges are dependencies among packages.
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python_dependency: Python Dependency Network
Python's package dependency networks. Nodes in the network are Python's packages registered to PyPI and edges are dependencies among packages.
This network has 58743 nodes and 108399 edges.
Tags: Technological, Software, Unweighted
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power: Western US Power Grid
A network representing the Western States Power Grid of the United States, in which nodes are transforms or power relay points and two nodes are connected if a power line runs between them.
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