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Chris Yoko
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Fellow Human. CEO of Yoko Co, Founder of Carbon Off, Hockey Player, Husband, Dad, Book Nerd.

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Have you read the terms of use of any of those AI tools you've implemented? Be careful, once your organization's data is out of the bag, you can't put it back.

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Beware How You Use AI - Once Your Data is Out, You Can't Put it Back - Chris Yoko
In this era of AI adoption, a single wrong choice may unintentionally share all of your organization’s data - research, archives, commercial content, user data, PII, PHI, etc.- and once it has been sh...
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September 25, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Can you guess how many miles you'd have to drive a 2011 F-150 Raptor to match the pollution from using a gas-powered leaf blower for just 30 minutes?

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Gas Leaf Blowers... Blow - Chris Yoko
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November 26, 2024 at 5:02 PM
Is this the "End of Creativity?" How AI is altering the artistic landscape, and why we can't go back. (And shouldn't.)

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AI Killed the Creative Arts - Chris Yoko
An intrinsic part of this belief is that the act of creating and the act of consuming are the beginning and ending of the same process - an arc that connects the artist and the aesthete. I disagree...
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October 14, 2024 at 3:51 PM
Bill Gates believes AI will reshape the future of energy, others believe AI is simply a giant power suck, unlikely to generate a positive return. Who's right?

That was the question at the heart of this piece I wrote for Data Science Central: www.datasciencecentral.com/are-bill-gat...
Are Bill Gates' energy expectations for AI optimism or realism? - DataScienceCentral.com
As both a major funder of climate change initiatives as well as one of the largest economic beneficiaries of Open AI, Bill Gates’ claim that climate-focused concerns of AI energy usage are being overb...
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September 17, 2024 at 5:13 PM
I had a friend I relied on too much. Maybe you do too?

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The Friend I Relied on Too Much - Chris Yoko
I'd never had such a close friend before, and it didn't occur to me that it might not be healthy to hang out literally all the time...
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July 16, 2024 at 9:31 PM
Some are attacking Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro's PACER/PRESS plan calling it a "disaster" and a "gift" to West Virginia and Ohio.

The attacks are short sighted, to say the least. More here: www.mcall.com/2024/05/28/y...
Your View: Shapiro plan would move Pa. economy into the future, protect the environment, not doom them
Opinion: Those that oppose Shapiro’s plan accuse the governor of trying to turn Pennsylvania into California. A better comparison may be Texas — the nation’s largest producer of natural gas, but al…
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May 30, 2024 at 4:59 PM
There is a lot of debate about AI's impact on the environment. Ultimately, AI is a huge net win for the environment. Here are over a dozen examples of science-fiction level technologies breaking new ground in the fight against climate change.

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AI is a Net Win for the Environment - Worth
Numerous applications of artificial intelligence are proving it to be one of the most impactful tools in the fight against climate change.
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May 7, 2024 at 6:05 PM
🕵🏽‍♂️ How can you tell if a job offer is a scam?

I went "undercover" and applied for a job with the scammers pretending to be "us" - and shared what I learned along the way.

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How to Tell if a Job Offer is a Scam - Chris Yoko
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April 26, 2024 at 5:59 PM
We recently learned that someone was impersonating us at Yoko Co running an employment scam. They reached out to thousands of people and invited them to interview with "us."

We wrote a quick guide to help if you find yourself in the same situation.

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How to Stop Employment Scams Impersonating Your Company or Organization - Yoko Co
If you want to skip the story, click here to go right to the solution. Between a pair of back to back Zoom meetings, I was checking emails and Slack,…
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April 25, 2024 at 4:32 PM
I know it sounds weird to read, it felt weird to write - but the climate movement needs it's own Donald Trump. Wait! Hear me out...

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Do you agree?
April 2, 2024 at 7:18 PM
What does it mean when the quickest growing cohort of internet users is no longer human?

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March 13, 2024 at 5:22 PM
Want to know how I feel about subscriptions? How I REALLY feel?

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February 28, 2024 at 7:26 PM