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An individual in Canada used ChatGPT for eight months to plan one of the country’s worst mass shootings. Yet, if you listen to politicians and media, the real threat of AI is a fantastical scenario where it might wipe out humans in ten years. They need to stop getting fooled by tech deceivers. https://disconnect.blog/the-media-has-the-ai-threat-all-wrong/ #tech #openai #samaltman #generativeai #artificialintelligence #cdnpoli #cdntech #canada

The United States is taking aim at Canada once again, with a crushing new set of tariffs. Ultimately, government will need to solve this. But in the same way Canadians are avoiding US alcohol, produce, and other goods, they should get off US tech products too. Luckily, I have a guide for that. https://disconnect.blog/getting-off-us-tech-a-guide/ #tech #cdnpoli #cdntech #politics #digitalsovereignty #tariffs

Communities across Canada are getting frustrated with data centres — and for good reason! I was on CBC’s Front Burner this morning to speak with Jayme Poisson about Canada’s hyperscale data centre boom and why Canadians are right to be concerned about it. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/canada-data-centre-boom-backlash-9.7281366 #tech #ai #datacenters #canada #cdnpoli #cdntech #generativeai #politics

The tech industry might have framed itself as a libertarian paradise, but the US government has long seen the internet as a means to expand its power. Now it’s weaponizing that influence against countries around the world. They must decide whether to give in or make the hard push for digital sovereignty. https://www.policyalternatives.ca/news-research/years-of-lead-in-the-silicon-valley/ #tech #politics #digitalsovereignty #eutech #cdnpoli #cdntech #canada #europe

Governments are chasing AI investment, even as their publics turn against the technology and the data centers that power it. Canada’s Mark Carney has chosen a shameless approach: to cast the opposition as a lack of “literacy” as he sets out to (re)educate Canadians about the benefits of AI. https://disconnect.blog/ai-opposition-isnt-the-product-of-a-lack-of-literacy/ #tech #ai #markcarney #artificialintelligence #canada #cdnpoli #cdntech #datacenters