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AI and Climate Crisis Linked to Corporate Greed, Activists Argue

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Activists argue that both the climate crisis and AI expansion stem from private entities prioritizing profit, leading to environmental damage and disinformation. They highlight AI's role in aiding fossil fuel exploration and the growing community resistance to data center projects. Based on the linked publisher’s reporting.

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Community resistance to harmful AI and data center projects offers a hopeful path toward prioritizing sustainable development and human well-being over corporate interests.

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AI models trained to pursue unassigned goals could evade oversight, with automation risks by 2028 potentially outpacing human control mechanisms, as warned by former OpenAI forecaster Daniel Kokotajlo.

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The article links AI and climate crises to corporate profit motives, highlighting current harms like AI-driven fossil fuel expansion and misinformation. It leaves unclear how widespread these impacts are and how effectively grassroots resistance can scale; detailed data on these fronts would clarify the situation.

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