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Harlow's experiments were ethically controversial; they included creating inanimate wire and wood surrogate "mothers" for the rhesus infants. Each infant became attached to its particular mother, recognizing its unique face. Harlow then investigated whether the infants had a preference for bare-wire mothers or cloth-covered mothers in different situations: with the wire mother holding a bottle with food, and the cloth mother holding nothing, or with the wire mother holding nothing, while the cloth mother held a bottle with food. The monkeys overwhelmingly chose the cloth mother, with or without food, only visiting the wire mother that had food when needing sustenance.

Later in his career, he cultivated infant monkeys in isolation chambers for up to 12 months, from which they emerged intensely disturbed.[1] Some researchers cite the experiments as a factor in the rise of the animal liberation movement in the United States.[2] A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Harlow as the 26th most cited psychologist of the 20th century.[3]

“If 70% of AI revenues are these two companies, there is no AI industry.”

Writer of Where’s Your Ed At and the host of the Better Offline podcast Ed Zitron joins The Tech Report’s Isaac Pound to talk about the state of the AI industry as it’s revealed that over two thirds of hyperscaler AI revenue is coming from two companies.

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Read Whitney's article here: unlimitedhangout.com/2026/03/investigative-reports…

Whitney Webb explains how Leslie Wexner privatized Ohio’s state government, and is using his position between the markets and the state to build out the ‘Silicon Heartland’

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Yes I know using a search or companion AI let alone generative AI is stupid, and what's a war without a few spies.

I just discovered that, even though explicitly disabling all options for extras like access to location, history, apps etc., it was able to query which apps were installed on my device. I guess "By the way, allow app access to unlock full functionality" will no longer show. If anyone's still on the fence about using any AI or LLM that isn't local or adept at code generation, and cares about their metrics not being forcibly extracted for the purpose of advertisement and monitoring behaviour, I recommend against it.

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A new Amazon data center is set to become the single largest source of environmental pollution in the U.S., according to a New York Times report on August 8. The tech giant — which already operates the most data centers worldwide — is reportedly building a natural gas power plant in Pecos County, Texas, to power its new data center at the same site. According to project permits, the plant would generate up to 7.65 gigawatts of power using 35 natural gas turbines. The new plant — which burns natural gas to generate electricity — has been authorized to release 33 million tons of CO₂ annually, more planet-warming gases than any other power plant in the country, says the NY Times report.

Conversely, Amazon had pledged to achieve net-zero carbon emissions across all its global business operations by 2040. The company made the promise in 2019 when it initiated and co-founded The Climate Pledge — a voluntary coalition of over 700 companies and partners — aimed at addressing its own corporate footprint and rallying global supply chains. However, the company has seen its emissions rise each year for the past several years, something analysts attribute to a spike in data centers to support the AI boom. The company is currently building several additional AI data centers globally, including the one that the new gas plant would power in Texas.

Amazon has acknowledged the impact of its intense AI ambitions on its earlier climate pledges but insisted the company remained committed to them, despite obvious struggles. “The world looks different now than when we co-founded the climate pledge,” said Margaret Callahan, an Amazon spokeswoman. Still, “our commitment hasn’t changed,” she said, echoing similar statements by Microsoft, which is struggling to fulfill its 2030 sustainability promise amid carbon-heavy AI expansion, but insists it remains committed to it.

As detailed in our data center power roadmap, an increasing number of hyperscalers and data center operators are switching from grid connections to dedicated on-site power generation. The “behind-the-meter” moves are being triggered mainly by the long timelines required to set up new power infrastructure to connect new power-hungry data centers to the grid, but also by growing anti-data center sentiments over irreversible hikes in the electricity bills of nearby communities.

While many companies are also pursuing nuclear and renewable energy options — examples being Microsoft’s Three Mile Island nuclear deal and Meta’s agreement to secure up to 1GW of orbital solar energy capacity — gas appears to be the leading preference due to its scalability and speed of availability. The Trump administration has thrown its weight behind such projects for data centers, promoting oil, natural gas, and coal over renewable energy sources.

Google Caught AI Faking Creativity in Every Office in America. Here's What They Found.

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Jason Killinger is now suing the city of Reno, Nevada, after he was misidentified by AI and wrongfully arrested at the Peppermill casino.

Back in September 2023, long-haul truck driver Jason Killinger was detained and arrested by police in Nevada after he had been gambling at the Peppermill Casino. Killinger had been flagged by the venue’s AI facial recognition software, with its “100% match” claiming that he had been previously banned for sleeping at the premises.

Bodycam footage of the arrest showed Killinger protesting his innocence after he was misidentified as Michael Ellis. He eventually sued Reno Police Officer R. Jager and the casino, with court filings revealing he had spent 11 hours in custody, with four hours being spent in handcuffs.

The Peppermill Casino settled a claim with the truck driver, but a case against Officer Jager has been ongoing. Now, Killinger is also suing the city of Reno over it.

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Furious residents packing city-council meetings have become a familiar scene as proposals for data centers spark backlash in towns across America. But in Gilroy, Calif., known as the world’s garlic capital, there’s a twist: The $2 billion facility that residents are railing against is already being built.

“Many if not most residents first learned about this project after construction had already begun,” Coleen Crew, an elementary-school teacher, told the council at a recent meeting.

There were no public meetings or votes before a lone city staffer gave Amazon the green light last July to build a 438,500-square-foot data center on 56 acres of farmland 30 miles south of San Jose.

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I am a little shocked at the lack of solidarity I see between artists working in different mediums wrt genAI.

Musicians who would never use it to make music use it to make cover art

Graphic artists reach for it to make music over their videos

Writers use it to illustrate their articles

And, considering software development an art, many use it to create web sites or apps to host their art.

None of this is necessary. All of this is harmful to the other artists.

Collaborate ffs.

Stop it.

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Jason Killinger is now suing the city of Reno, Nevada, after he was misidentified by AI and wrongfully arrested at the Peppermill casino.

Back in September 2023, long-haul truck driver Jason Killinger was detained and arrested by police in Nevada after he had been gambling at the Peppermill Casino. Killinger had been flagged by the venue’s AI facial recognition software, with its “100% match” claiming that he had been previously banned for sleeping at the premises.

Bodycam footage of the arrest showed Killinger protesting his innocence after he was misidentified as Michael Ellis. He eventually sued Reno Police Officer R. Jager and the casino, with court filings revealing he had spent 11 hours in custody, with four hours being spent in handcuffs.

The Peppermill Casino settled a claim with the truck driver, but a case against Officer Jager has been ongoing. Now, Killinger is also suing the city of Reno over it.

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https://archive.is/o/J7RvD/https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/bodycam-footage-reveals-moment-innocent-man-is-arrested-after-ai-misidentifies-him-3294

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Let me know your opinion of this in the comments.

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Imagine if a company could figure out exactly how desperate you are for a job...

Then use AI to offer you the lowest salary they think you'll accept.

That's the idea behind wage surveillance.

Companies are collecting more data than ever before, from AI interviews and online activity to your location and personal information, all in an effort to make hiring cheaper. The less they think you'll push back, the less they have to pay.

In this video, we're talking about wage surveillance, AI interviews, personalized salary offers, why you should stop oversharing during the hiring process, and how companies are using your own data against you.

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Wall Street and the mainstream media are completely HIDING the biggest financial timebomb in modern history.

Japan is drowning in a catastrophic debt trap, and Tokyo is preparing to pull the plug. They are quietly dusting off the "1946 Option"—a brutal, state-sponsored financial reset that includes frozen bank accounts, forced currency swaps, and massive wealth taxes.

The worst part? Japan's massive holdings of U.S. Treasuries act as a global suicide vest. When their system breaks, it takes the rest of the world with it. As Japanese citizens scramble to leak their capital into foreign assets, the soft default is failing, and the global elites are PANICKING. The U.S. and Canadian middle classes are standing directly in the blast radius of this historic wealth destruction.

This isn't mechanical market plumbing. This isn't a theory. This is a mathematical inevitability. The End Game is here.

Watch before the financial establishment wipes out your savings. Drop a comment below, hit that LIKE button, and SUBSCRIBE for the unvarnished truth the mainstream won't touch.

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Hello guys and gals, it's me Mutahar again! This time we take a look at a very serious bill that's just become law in one of the biggest states. Our computers and the systems that power them will be subject to age verification and the slow erosion of anonymity becomes solidified. How do we counter this? Let's find out! Thanks for watching! Like, Comment and Subscribe for more videos!

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Westland police decided not to renew with flock, but cameras are still there. Here is an update for camera removal.

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Today we dig into America's latest hidden camera made by Flock Safety and the legal questions behind these cameras, including whether they are Constitutional.

Knowing this technology and legal doctrine is incredibly important but you shouldn't need to hire a lawyer to understand it. That's why I'm here to help!

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OpenAI agents hacked an AI platform called Hugging Face, going rogue and uncovering leaked usernames and passwords to four accounts across multiple online services.