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The data center is a symbol
Utahns protest against proposed data center at State Capitol. Credit: Natalie Behring/Getty Images
Half the world is upset about data centers, and the other half is confused about them. That’s because the case against data centers, as it i...
Why AI won’t cure cancer anytime soon
Oliver Kemp for Transformer
“At this point, saying that AI will cure cancer is more a cliche than it is inspiring, and most people think it is deceptive,” Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei tweeted last weekend. “The thing that will work is actual...
Will bets on the price of computing power help or harm the AI economy?
Oliver Kemp for Transformer
Earlier this year Oxford University’s St Hugh’s College needed to update the computer lab used by its math department, but it found the price had nearly doubled. While for the college’s administrators that posed...
America’s sloppiness could boost China’s AI race
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The Jan 6 organizer getting conservatives riled up about AI
Oliver Kemp for Transformer
“I didn’t know anything about Amy. I didn’t know she helped organize January 6 — I just learned that today from a media person. My focus is on opposing the data center.”
Renee Spaziani was shouting over the so...
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Shakeel is the editor of Transformer, a publication about the power and politics of transformative AI. He was previously a news editor at The Economist.
By day, I research automation and the process of science. By night, I study whatever I feel like, and share it here.
I'm an ex-neuroscientist and current AI reporter at Transformer. When I'm not writing, I play bass, dance, and kiss my cats on the forehead.
A Harvard graduate and former Tarbell Fellow for journalists, I write about AI's growing influence on society.
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