No AI for Oil: Inside Microsoft Employee’s Campaign for Environmentally Responsible AI

​Microsoft employees spent years fighting the tech giant’s oil ties. Now, they’re speaking out for the first time in a live setting. Learn about the worker-led effort to stop one company's AI from being used to accelerate oil and gas extraction.

​Hear directly from former employees and learn about the hidden environmental costs of Artificial Intelligence, including how oil companies use it to remain competitive in an era of cheap renewable energy and delay the "just and equitable transition from fossil fuels" agreed on at COP28.

​Microsoft employees spent years fighting the tech giant's oil ties. Now, they’re speaking out. | Grist

​https://open.spotify.com/episode/3xWqlQ23zVVtBCQ1Ho5Eod?si=e7d01fbc9ff4484a

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The Georgetown STEAM Plant is a national treasure, grounded in the local stories, memory, and identity of the Duwamish Valley. Built in 1906 to energize the region’s growing electric streetcar system, the STEAM Plant was awarded National Historic Landmark status in 1984. We want the Steam Plant to embody the values and priorities of YOU, our community, particularly related to serving as a hub for innovation in sustainability! Join for the Georgetown STEAM Plant Science Fair on September 21-22, 2024. Project and exhibit features will be accepted until August 15, 2024.Submit your Science Fair project idea and find more information on our website: https://www.georgetownsteamplant.org/sciencefair