parismarx

parismarx, 16 hours ago to random

🇩🇰 Are you in Copenhagen? I’ll be speaking at ENIGMA on May 22 about the AI hype and why we shouldn’t buy into the fantasies coming from the tech industry. Don’t miss it!

https://shop.enigma.dk/dk/paris-marx

parismarx, 16 hours ago to tech

SHEIN has quickly become a juggernaut in the world of fast fashion, but it’s also worsened its environmental and labor issues.

On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke to Nicole Lipman to discuss how SHEIN became so big and how its issues should be addressed.

https://techwontsave.us/episode/219_how_shein_took_over_fast_fashion_w_nicole_lipman

#tech #china #shein #fashion

parismarx, 20 hours ago to tech

The United States wants the world to choose: either they accept the dominance of Silicon Valley or fall into the hands of scary Chinese tech. But that choice makes no sense.

If we want better tech, it must be rejected in favor of another model that breaks up the monopolies and gives countries more power to shape their own technological futures.

https://disconnect.blog/embrace-the-splinternet/

#tech #politics

parismarx, 1 day ago to tech

I don’t often share the fanblogs, but this is a good look behind the scenes: Elon Musk has been absent from Tesla for the past year, but now he’s reasserting himself by doing mass layoffs with little regard for the effects on the business. It’s a mess.

https://electrek.co/2024/05/01/elon-musk-throwing-weight-tesla-wrecking-ball/

#tech #elonmusk #tesla #ev #cars

parismarx, 2 days ago to random

the united states showing the world it will eagerly erode its own democracy to defend its genocidal colonial outpost in the middle east, regardless of whether democrats or republicans are in power

parismarx, 2 days ago to tesla

This is truly one of the more baffling decisions I’ve seen in a long time. Tesla is a leader in charging infrastructure, to the degree that virtually every other carmaker is even adopting its standard.

Then Elon Musk laid off the entire Supercharger team.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/30/24145621/tesla-layoff-supercharger-ev-charging-nacs-elon-musk

#tesla #elonmusk #tech #cars #evs

parismarx, 2 days ago to tech

It’s April 2024 and journalists are still publishing stories about conversations they had with chatbots 🫠

https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/chatgpt-ai-boyfriend-spicy-8ac6a6e9

#tech #ai #chatbot #chatgpt

parismarx, 2 days ago to tech

In 2021, Elon Musk said the government should end all EV subsidies. Yet new data shows Tesla received more money from Biden’s grants to expand EV charging networks than anyone else — $17 million, or 13% of all EV charging awards.

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/27/tesla-biden-electric-car-charging-00143431

#tech #tesla #elonmusk #evs

parismarx, 2 days ago to tech

Elon Musk is betting Tesla’s future on using self-driving fantasies to boost the share price instead of building a real car business. He just gutted the teams working on the Supercharger network (right as other companies are adopting it!) and new vehicles.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/04/tesla-to-lay-off-everyone-working-on-superchargers-new-vehicles/

#tech #tesla #elonmusk #evs #cars

parismarx, 2 days ago to ai

Interesting to see Microsoft referring to data centers as “AI infrastructure,” further abstracting what they are and the resource demands that come with them.

https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/microsoft-to-invest-1-7-billion-in-ai-infrastructure-in-indonesia-5398e04f

#ai #tech #microsoft #datacenter

parismarx, 4 days ago to random

Kara Swisher literally helped build up these billionaires to the point where they can threaten us with fascism, and now she’s trying to pretend that she’s the one providing a big warning to the world. It boils my blood.

parismarx, 4 days ago to tech

“There is something very, very wrong with us, that our society affords so much power to people like this.”

Rick Perlstein met Marc Andreessen in 2017. He said he was glad OxyContin was ripping through rural communities, which he despised.

https://prospect.org/power/2024-04-24-my-dinner-with-andreessen/

#tech #a16z #vc #politics

parismarx, 4 days ago to tech

Balaji Srinivasan is calling for a “tech Zionism” that would see “Grays” loyal to the tech industry take over San Francisco by allying with the police to give themselves privileges as they oppress the “Blues” (liberals).

Essential read by @gilduran: https://newrepublic.com/article/180487/balaji-srinivasan-network-state-plutocrat

#tech #politics #democracy

parismarx, 4 days ago to tech

This week in the Disconnect Roundup, I’m thinking about whether it’s feasible to ditch my smartphone. Plus, the usual recommended reads, labor updates, and other news you might have missed.

https://disconnect.blog/roundup-should-we-ditch-smartphones/

#tech #smartphone

parismarx, 5 days ago to random

🏆 now blocked by kara swisher on twitter and threads 🏆

parismarx, 6 days ago to tech

Apple’s Vision Pro is a bad product with an even worse vision for the future of computation.

New sales numbers prove it’s a failure, but more than that it shows the idea of tech’s inevitability is a myth. We have the collective power to stop tech that doesn’t serve us.

https://disconnect.blog/the-vision-pro-is-a-big-flop/

#tech #apple #visionpro #vr #ai

parismarx, 7 days ago to tech

I’ll be speaking at @republica in Berlin on May 27 about the data centers that power the AI boom and the growing movements trying to stop more from being built!

More info: https://re-publica.com/de/session/backlash-ai-fueled-data-center-boom

#tech #berlin #ai

parismarx, 7 days ago to tech

Transhumanism is all the rage with tech billionaires pushing mind uploading, AGI, and more. But where do those ideas come from?

On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke with Meghan O’Gieblyn to discuss the religious roots of transhumanist visions of the future.

https://techwontsave.us/episode/218_the_religious_foundations_of_transhumanism_w_meghan_ogieblyn

#tech #ai #artificialintelligence #neuralink #tescreal

parismarx, 8 days ago to tech

Incredible that Elon Musk been saying Tesla is on the cusp on mastering self-driving for a decade, it’s still nowhere in sight, and he still tells investors if they don’t “believe Tesla is going to solve autonomy, I think they should not be an investor in the company.”

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-23/tesla-s-musk-warns-wall-street-autonomous-future-is-main-goal

#tech #elonmusk #tesla #selfdriving