A Gold Rush Worth Stopping: AI Does Its Part

This is a blog by the Amazon Mining Watch team, a Mozilla Technology Fund awardee.

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When I hear the words gold rush, I can’t help but think of Levi’s and stage coaches. That’s the version I learned as a school kid. Now, as then, the reality is more bleak: shattered forests, toxic sludge, violence against people who have long made their homes in the forests with gold hidden among the roots.

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