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@wwithlight
Writing with Light is a movement to support nonfiction photography by privileging the integrity of the photographer as author.











Our approach to content and data in the age of AI: openai.com/index/approach…


















🚨FASCINATING AI PAPER ALERT: "An Elemental Ethics for Artificial Intelligence: Water as Resistance Within AI’s Value Chain" by @s_lehuede. A must-read for everyone interested in AI ethics. Quotes: "Studies looking at the relationship between AI and the environment, known as sustainable AI, also show relevant gaps. In this case, an excessive focus on the development of ‘green’ AI applications has tended to come at the expense of broader questions about the environmental impact of AI itself (Vaughan et al., 2023; Brevini, 2021; Van Wynsberghe, 202). In contrast, studies exploring the environmental footprint of AI infrastructure and its value chain have started to gain traction (e.g., Ligozat et al., 2022)." (page 5) - "For the communities living close to the Atacama Salt Flat, lithium mining equals water mining. This idea suggests that the AI industry is also a water industry considering the central role, and scarcity of water required to cool off data centres and obtain the minerals that make up AI devices. While AI companies are usually depicted as producers of code, algorithms and applications, an elemental approach incorporates the extraction of water and other basic components of life as crucial for AI companies’ operations. The fact that such an extraction is outsourced does not make these operations less important to their business models." (page 12) - "A focus on elemental relations can also expand approaches to AI sustainability. While quantitative measurements over the use of water and other elements can help provide a general picture, they do not specify how these harms manifest in specific settings. Situated, empirical and qualitative studies attending to the needs and visions of the communities and environments participating within AI value chain are required. Based on MOSACAT and the Council’s activism, an elemental approach can help understand how resource extraction can affect the unique relationship and dependencies that communities hold with their environments." (page 23) ➡️Link to the paper below. ➡️For more information on AI policy, regulation, and excellent academic articles, subscribe to my newsletter (link in bio).




