The popular case against the data centers [12] now prolioferating vertigenously [13] across the United States emphasizes the ecological imperative. As water resources shrink [14], forcing emergency restrictions [15] on use across the western states, voracious water consumption [16] by the industry is just one of the ways its advance portends imminent human extinction [17]. Meanwhile, the industry slaps back [18] in the courts against communities that would stand up against this advance [19]. But Artificial Intelligence itself poses an existential threat, apart from the direct impacts of the computing power. Even respected voices [20] in the industry warn of a high probability [21] that AI will turn upon and destroy its creators. The bots themselves seem to be warning us of this [22] through ominous messaging. Seeming instances of AI going unilateral [23] have prompted a bipartisan AI Kill Switch [24] bill in Congress. Finally, there is the systematic cultural destruiction being wrought by AI—literally shredding [25] humankind's legacy of literacy, to imose a reign of sheer error and idiocy [26]. In Episode 339 of the CounterVortex [27] podcast, Bill Weinberg continues to make the case for an abolitionist [28] position on Artificial Intelligence.
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