Tag: AI
Podcast: From Italy to the US, Small Town Communities Unite Against Data Centers
Who’s torching the driverless taxis? How many AI features can people swallow before Google gets socialized? And why is kicking ICE out of neighborhoods a union issue? In this Turning Point conversation, we explore the new horizons of labor struggles with Sarah Jaffe.
When the Cloud Moves West: How China’s Data Center Expansion Is Transforming Rural Lives
“There is less grass now, and every year it becomes harder to keep enough for the animals.” Naran, 47, whose name has been changed to […]
Data Center Protests Arrive in Italy
The small-town demonstration in Lacchiarella was the first to draw protesters from across the wider Lombardy region where Italian data centers are concentrated.
The Machine That Fooled Napoleon
May Day once again reminded us that organized labor remains one of the most influential non-state actors on the global arena. From Manila to São Paulo, and from Berlin and Mexico City, millions took the streets as one—and not only for a better wage.
Podcast: Mourning, Mobilizing, and New Forms of Labor Resistance
Who’s torching the driverless taxis? How many AI features can people swallow before Google gets socialized? And why is kicking ICE out of neighborhoods a union issue? In this Turning Point conversation, we explore the new horizons of labor struggles with Sarah Jaffe.
Pope Issued Global Call to “Disarm AI”
“To disarm does not mean rejecting technology, but preventing it from dominating humanity.”
US Law Enforcement Prepares for “Anti-Tech” Unrest
Internal intelligence reports reveal a quiet shift in the US surveillance apparatus toward growing protests against data centers and AI technologies.
Samsung Union Puts Strike on Hold as Members Vote on Draft Agreement
Management and union leadership struck a tentative agreement only 90 minutes before a mass walkout. Now, workers will decide if it is good enough.
“The Robot Helps, But It’s Not the Same as Someone Staying:” AI, Aging, and the New Frontline of Emotional Labor in China
Every afternoon around four o’clock, Mr. Huang lowers himself carefully into the same worn armchair beside the window of his nursing home in Hangzhou, a […]
Nemo Smith: Democracy Hijacked
Nemo Smith is not an average politician. He is, in fact, the precise average of all UK politicians. As an algorithm-generated political figure, Smith and his persona are based on the campaigns of British politicians and parties.