Federal and provincial ministries have announced plans for two AI data centres in Vancouver: Downtown and Mount Pleasant, two major sites of tenant activism, Indigenous…
Money for child care and hospitals will deliver far more positive economic and social impacts than handing out cash to private companies for yet more data centres. But for now, Carney is committing to blowing public money into the private AI bubble regardless of the potential long-term impact on workers and the economy.
In the United States, data centre developments have become an increasingly pressing issue for many communities. They bring noise pollution, water contamination, and higher utility…
The Means of Prediction: How AI Really Works (and Who Benefits) by Maximilian Kasy (University of Chicago Press, 2025) With the AI “revolution” coming for…
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