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Josiah Hester

Josiah Hester is a Kanaka ʻŌiwi and an associate professor and director of the Center for Advancing Responsible Computing, as well as Ka Moamoa, at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He studies sustainable computing broadly.
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AI Data Centers Are The New Plantations Unless We Build Them Differently

AI can support livelihoods, prosperity and culture, but only if island communities have a real say in how it is built and governed.