BlackRock CEO Larry Fink lusts for AI replacing humans: ‘The social problems that one will have in substituting humans for machines is going to be far easier in those countries that have declining populations’

BlackRock’s Larry Fink praises shrinking populations as ‘winners’ in the AI revolution. Translation: Fewer workers = easier to replace humans with robots, no messy labor backlash. pic.twitter.com/aYCTw19ofl — Camus (@newstart_2024) July 18, 2025 Larry Fink at WEF, ““I can argue in the developed countries the big winners are countries that have shrinking populations. We always […]

Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman warns ‘AI can provide rocket fuel for authoritarians…to create territory-spanning systems of surveillance & control’

As Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman warns in “The Coming Wave,” his book co-authored with Michael Bhaskar:

“AI can provide rocket fuel for authoritarians and for great power competition alike … an ability to capture and harness data at an extraordinary scale and precision; to create territory-spanning systems of surveillance and control.”

AI killed the climate change agenda: ‘Wind, solar & battery technologies…are not available at the scale or reliability needed to fuel expected AI data center demand’

The promise of AI is bringing back commonsense energy policy. Fox News (7/15/25) Opinion: “President Trump’s announced $500 billion private sector AI investment is a critical enabler for our country. But artificial intelligence won’t power itself. It needs vast amounts of electricity, delivered affordably and reliably. U.S. policy has often prioritized climate idealism over energy […]

Statistician Dr. William M Briggs: ‘AI is nothing more than a model. A model written in code’ – ‘All models only say what they are told to say & AI is a model’

https://wmbriggs.substack.com/p/ai-and-chess AI & Chess Both Produce Pre-Coded Output By William M Briggs Excerpt: It seems a battle most impossible to convince a good chunk of the population that AI is nothing more than a model. A model written in code, which of course the coders know because they are writing it, code that carries out […]

Meta signs 20-year nuclear deal to power AI, data centers

https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5330500-meta-secures-nuclear-power-for-ai/ By Miranda Nazzaro Meta has secured a 20-year deal to utilize nuclear power for artificial intelligence (AI) and other technology developments, the Facebook and Instagram parent company announced Tuesday. The deal with Constellation Energy makes Meta the latest of numerous technology companies to turn to nuclear energy to meet the increasing power demand of AI and computing […]

Intermittent electricity from renewables cannot support AI and data centers

https://www.americaoutloud.news/intermittent-electricity-from-renewables-cannot-support-ai-and-data-centers/ By Ronald Stein P.E. & Dick Storm Before the 1800s, much farm work, transportation, heating, and home chores were done with muscle power and wood burning. As coal, petroleum, natural gas, and later nuclear energy were applied to replace muscle power, our country experienced rapid growth in industrial production, food production, shipping, travel, and […]