This morning I re-read Ursula K. Le Guin’s short story ’The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas’ to find the bits I need to make a comparison to the AI hype of today.
It’s so very beautiful in it’s simplicity and also just tore my heart out. It was more detailed in the child’s suffering than I remembered.
I want to write an essay that brings attention everyone suffering for the AI benefactors to gain their advantages.
- the exploited labeling workers
- the people mining minerals
- the people who suffer from the data centre pollution and drainage
But I am afraid it’s going to be tough writing and people just won’t get it… I have seen the children that the child in the story reflects.
Will rest on this a few more days.
If you have not read it, it’s available here:
https://archive.org/stream/the-ones-who-walk-away-from-omelas-ursula-k-leguin/The%20Ones%20Who%20Walk%20Away%20from%20Omelas%20-%20Ursula%20K%20LeGuin_djvu.txt
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