In this episode, Paul Schütze and I pick apart the inherent contradictions of “sustainable AI”, marketing language that aims to convince the public that one of the most extractive industries can be used to solve climate change. We delve into the layers of control embedded in the logics of AI, when technology becomes the fix that needs fixing. Recorded May 20, 2025. Released July 7, 2025.&nbsp; The impacts of AI Futurism<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10676-024-09758-6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10676-024-09758-6</a>&nbsp; The Problem of Sustainable AI&nbsp;<a href="https://doi.org/10.34669/WI.WJDS/4.1.4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.34669/WI.WJDS/4.1.4</a>&nbsp; contact <a href="mailto:paul.schuetze@uos.de" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">paul.schuetze@uos.de</a> and website: <a href="http://paulschuetze.de" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">paulschuetze.de</a>&nbsp;<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Con, with Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna

Hi everyone, my name is Mél Hogan and I’m a critical media studies scholar based in Canada. I’m working on a project called The Data Fix through a series of conversations with scholars, thinkers, and feelers. Together we explore the significance of living in a world of data, and especially the growing trend of “digital humans” in the form of chatbots, holograms, deepfakes, ai images and videos, and even tech that revives the dead. The conversations are minimally edited, and serve as an archive of the collective thinking and feeling that is going into the Data Fix project. Please see thedatafix.net for more details and show notes. Thank you so much for listening.&nbsp;Cover art by Oona Ode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.