To reduce Nunavut’s dependency on diesel fuel, researchers are trying to use the territory’s gusty weather to develop a wind turbine specifically to generate power for Arctic buildings. “I think it is a really viable [energy] option,” said Jill Hass, an engineer and clean energy manager with Polar Knowledge Canada, the...
#AI#GenerativeAI#Energy#Automation#WageSlavery#Inequality: "AI is everywhere; AI is here. The story around AI implies that it is here because it’s making things efficient: AI is better at detecting cancerous tumours in some scan images than radiographers, AI is faster at finding legal judgements within case law, AI can make office work more efficient by drafting emails or summarizing information from the web.
However, the story of this efficiency leaves out a discussion of some of the costs of AI. AI is expensive, not cheap. The efficiencies that are promised do not necessarily involve less work and fewer costs – just different work and different costs, some of which will only reveal themselves in time. These costs include:
Increased inequities (including inequitable labour between people ‘in front of’ and ‘behind’ the screen; inequitable opportunities for learning resulting from embedding of AI systems in learning and information infrastructures; environmental and material inequities resulting from the use of scarce natural resources to power ubiquitous technologies)
Shaky institutions that struggle to do things differently
Costly need for highly skilled review of AI outputs
First, we need to understand better what makes AI expensive. Then, we need to consider what factors can actually lead to real efficiency. My research has been examining both the deceptive stories that shape the way AI is described, as well as sociotechnical design considerations that must be taken into account when determining whether the cost of AI is worth it."
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Arctic wind turbine project aims to bring more green energy to Nunavut (nunatsiaq.com)
To reduce Nunavut’s dependency on diesel fuel, researchers are trying to use the territory’s gusty weather to develop a wind turbine specifically to generate power for Arctic buildings. “I think it is a really viable [energy] option,” said Jill Hass, an engineer and clean energy manager with Polar Knowledge Canada, the...