Great to be at UCL East to hear ambitious plans to use tech for good. AI is a cornerstone of the digital revolution and London is leading in education, research and innovation. I’ll work with the government to harness AI for better services, jobs and growth. - ThreadSky

london.gov.uk • 49 days ago

Great to be at UCL East to hear ambitious plans to use tech for good.

AI is a cornerstone of the digital revolution and London is leading in education, research and innovation. I’ll work with the government to harness AI for better services, jobs and growth.

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atfruitbat.bsky.social•49 days ago

Generative AI poses significant ethical and environmental issues. It has been built on a foundation of exploitative labour practices, where moderation to train the AI, has been outsourced to poorly paid workers in the developing world, who are not adquately compensated for their subsequent trauma.

atfruitbat.bsky.social•49 days ago

And here are some of the environmental impacts of generative AI.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00478-x

atfruitbat.bsky.social•49 days ago

In particular, it requires a lot of water usage.

https://gizmodo.com/chatgpt-ai-water-185000-gallons-training-nuclear-1850324249

atfruitbat.bsky.social•49 days ago

And there are already concerns about the impact of that within the UK.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/13/labour-ai-datacentre-growth-zone-water-shortages-abingdon-reservoir

atfruitbat.bsky.social•49 days ago

Additionally, there are ethical issues relating to the way in which AI tends to replicate bias and prejudice, and the impact this can have on minoritised groups.

For instance:

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/dec/06/revealed-bias-found-in-ai-system-used-to-detect-uk-benefits