I got a text the other day from an unknown number pretending to be some long lost friend. Usually I just ignore these texts. Sometimes I block them. The other night I interacted. Calling me Mia, they claimed to be Li Xiu and wondered if I’d fortune them. I responded with “who is this,” apparently not having really read the text. They sent a pic of a pretty Asian woman. I responded, “OMG that one night!!!” Then they sent a three texts in a row of variations of having sent this to the wrong number that reeked of AI. So I asked if they were AI or being sex slaved. The conversation devolved from there until they claimed they were beating the supposed young woman and had killed her and it was my fault.
Fascinating and troubling — because I think of myself as a fairly aware and well-educated person, yet I really don't have it in my head the level of energy and water that data centers use, or that all the ads, texts, whatever that come my way actually take up crucial, three-dimensional resources. Good on you for bringing attention to the reality.
Great article! "We’re going to die from natural disasters and famine and lack of water feeling like we could have lost more weight." Ha!
Fascinating and troubling — because I think of myself as a fairly aware and well-educated person, yet I really don't have it in my head the level of energy and water that data centers use, or that all the ads, texts, whatever that come my way actually take up crucial, three-dimensional resources. Good on you for bringing attention to the reality.