The AI Surveillance Dystopia: Spying, Data Trafficking, & Corruption
11 days ago
- #Data Harvesting
- #AI Surveillance
- #Tech Corruption
- The economy is increasingly reliant on AI, with major tech companies shifting focus from selling components to government surveillance.
- NVIDIA and similar companies are now resembling defense contractors rather than gaming or data center businesses.
- Expansion of data centers is leading to higher energy costs for the public and transforming small towns into GPU farms.
- An 8-month investigation reveals a global theme of surveillance and data harvesting involving tech companies and governments.
- Upcoming series will cover corruption, anti-right-to-repair campaigns, and corporate overreach, including home raids over unlicensed electronics.
- Backer rewards include exclusive digital content, physical items like T-shirts and pint glasses, and credits in future videos.
- Over 1,000 pages of evidence and research have been compiled for the series, which will be published over three months.
- Funding goals range from $10,000 for ad-free content updates to $250,000 for advanced 3D animations and exhaustive timelines.
- Stretch goals include road trips to investigate data centers and creating free, ad-free written articles and timelines.
- Shipping for backer rewards begins December 1st, with all items expected to be delivered by January 31st.