Blog & community Nice to have

Waag Futurelab blog and SETUP Medialab

Platform algorithms Environmental & social costs

What can I learn?

Two Dutch tech-and-society labs whose blogs and events cover environmental costs of AI, planetary boundaries, irreverent critiques (AI-Bullshit Bingo), and alternative tech futures. Waag is one of the organisations behind IjmondCAM (on your original list).

Core insight

Technology choices are design choices — and design choices can always be made differently if we choose different values.

How to use it in daily work

Background for broadening AI conversations beyond 'useful or not' to 'what kind of future does this build?'

  • Waag's writing on the environmental costs of AI gives you concrete data (energy, water, minerals) to use when clients ask whether they should feel guilty about using ChatGPT.

Time

Blog posts: 15–20 minutes each. Events: variable.

Cost

Free