Critics Warn of Environmental Costs Amid Rapid AI Infrastructure Growth

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Tech reporter Karen Hao warns that rapid AI infrastructure development mimics colonial exploitation during an interview following predictions of a global workforce transformation.Hao criticized ambitious plans by Sam Altman and Mark Zuckerberg to spend trillions on data centers while ignoring massive water and labor requirements.This debate intensifies as researchers suggest human workers must transition into architects of AI agents to prevent centralized control and wealth concentration.
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