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Enjoy this nuanced look at the role of #tech in #environmentalism.
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reviews AI in the Wild by
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and others: “When sharing examples, Dauvergne displays genuine excitement and admiration for AI technologies. Even so, the book’s overall argument is…
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“New environmentalism will require more than developing cool technologies.” Ritwick Ghosh reviews three new books on the empty promises of environmental tech. @mitpress @ucpress @UMinnPress @PeterDauvergne @brambuscher buff.ly/3CvGVwh
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about the need for caution and for more decisive state steering of technological solutions. Dauvergne concludes that AI technologies are only useful on the margins; they can make our economies more environmentally efficient.
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But they also create the grounds for expanding the economy. “Artificial intelligence, we need to keep in mind,” concludes Dauvergne, “has no capacity to overthrow the entrenched interests that are exploiting people and nature.”
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