From finding simple recipes to diagnosing complicated illnesses, artificial intelligence is becoming an increasingly useful part of everyday life. But the space and resources it takes to power that technology is immense and that is hitting close to home for some tribes. The Tonawanda Seneca Nation in New York just filed a lawsuit against a proposed 900-thousand-square-foot AI data center a mile away from their reservation. Chief Kenith Dale Jonathan says the center would harm air quality, water and wildlife. We’ll hear from the tribe and the potential for data center encroachment elsewhere. We’ll also look at how the Trump Administration’s push to use artificial intelligence in medicine would benefit or harm Native Americans.
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