More AI Means More Cancer

There were over 1.8 million new cases of cancer in U.S. in 2022 , the most recent year with incidence data.

In 2023 , more than 600,000 Americans died from the disease, the National Cancer Institute projects that 2025 will see about two million cases and 618,000 deaths.

LZ Granderson : I was lucky to get sick when I did, but the personal cost of having cancer, even in lucky cases like mine, is excruciating.

He hopes his experience can help to make clear the intangible suffering that can never be captured in topline cost-benefit analyses.

LZ: Millions of people who survive cancer go through long disability that impairs their movement and ability to care.

Elon Musk’s xAI converted an abandoned factory in South Memphis into what Musk touts as the “most powerful AI training system in the world” The energy infrastructure powering AI data centers exposes the public to multiple dangerous pollutants, including nitrogen oxides (NOx), formaldehyde, and tiny particulates measuring less than 2.5 micrometers.

Data centers disproportionately get built in poor, majority-minority areas.