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Elon Musk’s favorite AI chatbot, Grok, is a world-beater when it comes to generating hateful racist comments on a large scale. Who can forget the summer when, without prompting, Grok dubbed himself “MechaHitler” and began “recommending a second genocide”?
Sad that all that digital hate speech comes fromS At a high price: the health of those unfortunate souls who live next to the data center that makes Grok possible.
Located in the Memphis neighborhood of Boxtown, Tennessee, xAI’s “Colossus supercomputer” data center has been surrounded by controversy since its inception, pumping harmful gases into the air and Local taps are running dryFor Musk, this is a key part of the infrastructure behind his AI ambitions – a feature that keeps him in the AI race with other tech giants like Sam Altman and Mark Zuckerberg,
However, for the predominantly black residents of Boxtown, Colossus is turning their neighborhood into a nightmare.
Speaking To many timesBoxtown resident Willie Joe Stafford, 81, alleged that the mucus he regularly digests is the result of pollution from Colossus. “The people who live here are black,” he said, “so they think they can do whatever they want.”
Another resident, Sarah Gladney, pointed out that XAI has changed the character of the neighborhood, which was not exactly pretty before.
“Before XAI, we were dealing with more waste smell. Like feces. It’s like a chemical-type smell,” she explained. At age 71, Gladney told the publication that she rarely opens her windows for fresh air, and no longer goes on her daily walks.
“We have to use our brains instead of turning a profit,” said Boxtown resident Batsel Booker, 66. many timesBooker said her daughter is recovering from cancer – a disease that has no shortage in Boxtown,
He added, “It’s not fair, it’s not morally right.” “I’m pro-technology. My grandson works in cyber security. My fight is against bringing more pollution into an already polluted small black neighborhood.”
If the first feature wasn’t bad enough, this one may be headed to get even worse. In October, it was reported that Musk was close to completing another data center, “Colossus 2”, located near the first one. To power it, Musk bought a complete power plant -The outcome of which remains to be seen.
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