Each year “authenticity” ranks highOn the marketing trend forecastsIn a webinar, I am told that authenticityWill be more important than everIn the year of AI / Consumers will wantTo know we’re humanIn another webinar, we are taughtHow to integrate AI into our workflowThe featured speaker says,“I know a number of you will lose your jobs”In a sort of #sorrynotsorry wayIf our society were oriented toward careRather than exploitationIt would be fine for AI to take our jobs
None of the webinars discuss the environmental cost of AIThis last Monday was the hottest day on record across the globeThe Washington Post headline reads, “AI is exhausting the power grid”Decommissioned nuclear reactors are coming back onlineThere are talks to reopen Three Mile IslandStates are beginning to scale back plans on clean energyAnd…
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The American Poetry Review (Digital) - 1 Issue, March/April 2025