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LETTER: Why we must be discerning on a Nova Scotia data centre

Regarding data centre proposal for Point Tupper

The proliferation of artificial intelligence is so alarming Pope Leo XIV recently wrote an encyclical entitled Magnifica Humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence.

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In it, he writes: “Technological innovations, including artificial intelligence, are not neutral, for they can either foster participation and justice or exacerbate inequality, control and exclusion. For this reason, they must be evaluated by asking a crucial question: Do they truly help individuals and peoples to become more humane and fraternal, while respecting our common home and future generations?”

The non-neutrality of AI and, by extension, AI data centres is an important consideration as the province debates the merits of the Houston........

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