Joël McClurg
ai-ex-machina.bsky.social
Joël McClurg
@ai-ex-machina.bsky.social
Sustainable food systems strategist and anti-poverty advocate interested in the ethics of AI.

Also sometimes sports, outdoors, fitness, and writing.
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I want to live in the USA represented in all these uplifting Super Bowl commercials.
February 10, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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Good morning from Los Angeles

Home of Puka & Luka
February 2, 2025 at 7:12 PM
5/ This also raises concerns about AI monopolization. If only a handful of companies can afford energy-efficient AI, will this create a further concentration of power? Or will it democratize AI usage? > #TechEthics #AIRegulation #deepseek
4/ But now there’s a question: As an individual or organization, do you have a moral obligation to choose the most energy-efficient AI tools? If you’re climate-conscious, should you actively seek out lower-carbon AI? #EthicalAI #EnergyEfficiency #deepseek
3/ The implications? If AI can advance climate research, energy efficiency, and sustainability solutions, doing so with a lower energy footprint is a massive win. It makes the path to AI-driven climate solutions more viable. #GreenAI #ClimateAction #deepseek
January 30, 2025 at 3:53 PM
4/ But now there’s a question: As an individual or organization, do you have a moral obligation to choose the most energy-efficient AI tools? If you’re climate-conscious, should you actively seek out lower-carbon AI? #EthicalAI #EnergyEfficiency #deepseek
3/ The implications? If AI can advance climate research, energy efficiency, and sustainability solutions, doing so with a lower energy footprint is a massive win. It makes the path to AI-driven climate solutions more viable. #GreenAI #ClimateAction #deepseek
2/ But DeepSeek-V2 just changed the game. It reportedly uses 10-40x less energy than comparable models. This isn’t just an incremental improvement—it’s a potential paradigm shift for sustainable AI. #SustainableTech #AIInnovation #deepseek
January 30, 2025 at 3:53 PM
3/ The implications? If AI can advance climate research, energy efficiency, and sustainability solutions, doing so with a lower energy footprint is a massive win. It makes the path to AI-driven climate solutions more viable. #GreenAI #ClimateAction #deepseek
2/ But DeepSeek-V2 just changed the game. It reportedly uses 10-40x less energy than comparable models. This isn’t just an incremental improvement—it’s a potential paradigm shift for sustainable AI. #SustainableTech #AIInnovation #deepseek
1/ The #1 concern around AI adoption has been its environmental impact. Training and running large models consume enormous energy, leading to backlash from climate-conscious individuals and policymakers.

#AI #ClimateChange #deepseek
January 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
2/ But DeepSeek-V2 just changed the game. It reportedly uses 10-40x less energy than comparable models. This isn’t just an incremental improvement—it’s a potential paradigm shift for sustainable AI. #SustainableTech #AIInnovation #deepseek
1/ The #1 concern around AI adoption has been its environmental impact. Training and running large models consume enormous energy, leading to backlash from climate-conscious individuals and policymakers.

#AI #ClimateChange #deepseek
January 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
1/ The #1 concern around AI adoption has been its environmental impact. Training and running large models consume enormous energy, leading to backlash from climate-conscious individuals and policymakers.

#AI #ClimateChange #deepseek
January 30, 2025 at 3:51 PM
#DeepSeek also shows how deeply AI is intertwined with markets & tech. Massive stock market shifts & tech war rooms prove AI isn’t just advancing—it’s reshaping society now. This is why AI is inevitable, and public engagement is critical. The ground is shifting. #AIDemocratization #AI #AIForGood
The #DeepSeek announcements mark a keystone flashpoint in AI development. If true, this signals a future where AI advances while reducing resource use—tackling one of the greatest negative externalities (environmental impact). ROI in AI is tipping toward a net positive.

#AI #Sustainability
January 28, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The #DeepSeek announcements mark a keystone flashpoint in AI development. If true, this signals a future where AI advances while reducing resource use—tackling one of the greatest negative externalities (environmental impact). ROI in AI is tipping toward a net positive.

#AI #Sustainability
January 28, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Good AI ethics iterate that it should augment—and not replace— human abilities and decision making.

People will instinctually reject the technology if they feel it’s given too much autonomy over their lives at this stage when trust for it hasn’t been affirmed (and rightfully so as it’s so nascent)
"a computer can never be held accountable, so a computer must never make a management decision" was correct and we should go back to that
December 6, 2024 at 4:53 AM
The sky is the limit for applications of AI in the future— even in as little as 2-3 years.

But when it is deployed prematurely for the sake of gimmicks at best and corner cutting at worst to a populace already wary it eroded trust.

Case in point:
The thing about "A.I." in art and writing and health insurance decision making and customer service and government services and a million other things... is that it sucks. And people are very very very tired of stuff that sucks.
December 6, 2024 at 3:33 AM
“We live in a wheel where everyone steals/
But when we rise it’s like strawberry fields”

Bush; Glycerine
What is your favourite lyric of all time?
December 4, 2024 at 3:28 PM
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I will never, ever get over this.
December 3, 2024 at 5:49 PM
Mulling on this quite a bit. I think there are so many incredibly positive applications of AI— but image (and music) generation have some grey area.

The lamentation of displacing creators can be applied to the broader white collar labor force as well.
At this point it’s been said in a hundred different ways, so I think people are being intentional about not getting it.
December 2, 2024 at 12:07 AM
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On this Thanksgiving I’m taking quite seriously and literally @gordon.bsky.social’s maxim:

“Everything around me was someone’s life work”

When you *really* integrate this into your thinking, gratitude and curiosity flow.
November 29, 2024 at 7:18 PM
I have a redraft where I have Jefferson, McLaurin, Sutton, J Jennings, and Meyers.

My only viable RB is the jacked gerbil.

Should I trade Jefferson for Taylor or Chase Brown (or not at all)?
QT this and I will try my best to answer your NFL/fantasy/whatever question.
November 24, 2024 at 1:01 AM
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Metal: Everything sucks, but I have my rage.
Punk: Everything sucks, but I'll focus my anger.
Rap: Everything sucks, but I know how to survive.
Folk: Everything sucks, but there is beauty.
Ska: Everything sucks, let's ignore it.
Emo: Everything sucks, and I miss you.
November 22, 2024 at 2:04 PM
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November 22, 2024 at 12:40 AM
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Goodreads is owned by Jeff Bezos. A better alternative is StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform. And before y’all start, you can transfer all your Goodreads data to Storygraph so you literally have no excuse.
November 16, 2024 at 11:38 PM