The AI Gigafactories call is now open.

[nicoparis@eupolicy.social]

@HennaVirkkunen Instead of investing in AI which will vociferously consume electricity and water, we need to be investing faster and investing more in decarbonising our economies, in producing clean, renewable energy and in adapting to climate change!

[kir@mastodon.uno]

@engineer @danielquinn @HennaVirkkunen

this is actually funny

[patrick_h_lauke@mastodon.social]

@HennaVirkkunen how about fuck no? which part of the disastrous environmental impact of these monstrosities have you not understood?

[patrick_h_lauke@mastodon.social]

@HennaVirkkunen "it's ok, the next versions of these will be powered by dried-up rivers and burning forests, no doubt..."

[hiisikoloart@writing.exchange]

@HennaVirkkunen
Please read all of these comments and wake up from your bubble dreams. Seriously.

We so not need this. We need, collectively, clean air, clean water, clean energy, clean food.

Invest to to saving the planet, not destroying it even faster, and invest to more trees, cooling the cities that are BURNING, making sure people can grow food locally, and bettering public services in EU countries.

Also prioritize fighting the clear rise of facism.
We beg of you.

[precariousmind@neopaquita.es]

@HennaVirkkunen I have to say this in Spanish:
cuando vosotros vais, la gente ya está de vuelta.
Brace for impact.

[neongod@mstdn.social]

@HennaVirkkunen Just before the whole bubble bursts and while the whole continent (and the planet) is on fire. Ridiculous. I really hope it fails. Even if it's our, the taxpayers money you waste on this.

[kosure@mas.to]

@HennaVirkkunen Take this shit to W

[ngrn@soc.ngrn.uk]

@HennaVirkkunen The only people who want this either don’t understand what AI is, or they run companies that will tender bids which will be approved by people who don’t understand what AI is.

[aqunt@piipitin.fi]

@HennaVirkkunen I hear there’s some prime land currently being cleared so you can build your data centers there. For example near Madrid and Bordeaux there’s now lots of unused land ready to be developed. /s

[sloanlance@mastodon.social]

@HennaVirkkunen

"Gigafactory" is a term coined and popularized by known fascist and racist Elon Musk. "AI Factory" was coined by NVIDIA to make investments into their graphics cards look like a reasonable way to use one's resources.

That alone should stop anyone from using those terms or their composita. The fact that "AI" hasn't shown meaningful contribution to economic growth or increased productivity is another mark against it.

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[sloanlance@mastodon.social]

@HennaVirkkunen

But "AI" does what it was built to do: Disenfranchise Labor, push down wages, increase power and economic inequality. Those "Factories" produce injustice. No democracy should want anything to do with it.

https://tldr.nettime.org/@tante/117008662026532827

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[paavi@mastodontti.fi]

@ansuz @engineer @danielquinn @HennaVirkkunen Not to mention money wasted on Hyperloop thingies.

[larsmb@mastodon.online]

@HennaVirkkunen How does this square with the sustainability goals, or the human rights charter (Amnesty International has thoughts on the compatibility here)?

[curiousmagpie@beige.party]

@HennaVirkkunen WTF is wrong with you?! Have you noticed Europe is burning? Do you not understand the connections? The shortsightedness is astounding, and not in a good way.

[brezelradar@norden.social]

@deuxmak @HennaVirkkunen

Yup.

https://www.france24.com/fr/info-en-continu/20260726-incendie-en-gironde-la-symbolique-tr%C3%A8s-forte-des-vacanciers-sous-leur-parasol

[spirit@cybernetic.monster]

@HennaVirkkunen and to think I was worried that the United States was the only ones making ignorant, environmentally destructive policy decisions.

[clockwooork@sociale.network]

@HennaVirkkunen

Thanks, I hate it. Everyone hates it. Nobody asked for it.

[dancli@owo.cafe]

@HennaVirkkunen how about this: don’t. My country is scorched by wildfires and this is precisely the kind of decision that will worsen our situation.

[rightsprung@c.im]

@HennaVirkkunen

This is a terrible idea. Burn down the environment for a fascist intellectual theft machine that is wrong about everything, so it can replace critical thinking.

Why not invest in clean energy, universal basic income, and climate change mitigation instead?