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A chemical industry lobbyist is attempting to use AI to amplify doubts about the dangers of pollutants (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Meet Louis Anthony “Tony” Cox. He lives in Denver, Colorado.

He works for chemical corporations such as DuPont, Dow, Bayer and Chevron. He is paid to criticize scientists and cast doubts about pollutants.

Previous to working for DuPont, Dow, and Bayer, Tony Cox worked for Philip Morris

Of course, Tony denies that. Tony claims it's just a coincidence that he only happens to defend the corporations paying him 🙃🙃🙃

Recently, Tony Cox sent an email to his corporate clients. He came up with a new idea. Using Artificial Intelligence.

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[–] three_trains_in_a_trenchcoat@piefed.social 46 points 5 months ago (4 children)

I legit don't get stuff like this. Don't these mfs have kids? Don't their kids live on this same planet? Why do you want to make sure your kids get to choke on toxic dust?

[–] bassomitron@lemmy.world 27 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The rich people live in non-polluted areas.

[–] three_trains_in_a_trenchcoat@piefed.social 19 points 5 months ago

I feel like that would be, and already is to some extent, both temporary and relative. Windblown microplastics don't really care if they end up in affluent areas.

[–] Evil_Incarnate@sopuli.xyz 12 points 5 months ago

"it won't bother me, I'll be dead before then" -- boomers.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 10 points 5 months ago

They do not care, that's what's extremely sociopathic.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 10 points 5 months ago

Louis Anthony “Tony” Cox Jr, a Denver-based risk analyst and former Trump adviser who once reportedly claimed there is no proof that cleaning air saves lives, is developing an AI application to scan academic research for what he sees as the false conflation of correlation with causation.

Cox has described the project as an attempt to weed “propaganda” out of epidemiological research and perform “critical thinking at scale” in emails to industry researchers, which were obtained via Freedom of Information Act requests by the Energy and Policy Institute, a non-profit advocacy group, and exclusively reviewed by the Guardian.

[–] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

His head looks like a wild fire just burned through.

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Taking jobs from honest hardworking shills.