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“Al doesn’t give a fuck if you live or die I promise,” the singer said on Instagram, warning about the dangers of using programs like ChatGPT and Grok<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\n\tThe only AI<\/a> program SZA<\/a> is interested in using is the one she naturally has: \u201cActual Imagination.\u201d In a series of recent Instagram interactions, the singer criticized the damaging use of artificial intelligence programs that\u00a0consume vital resources<\/a>\u00a0to function, such as ChatGPT and Elon Musk\u2019s chatbot,<\/span> Grok.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cAi is killing and polluting black and brown cities,\u201d SZA wrote on Instagram on Tuesday, July 15. \u201cNone of you care cause your codependent on a machine. Have a great life.\u201d <\/p>\n \n\tLater that day, SZA circled back to emphasize her warning about the dangers of prolonged and normalized everyday use of AI. \u201cPlease google how much energy and pollution it takes to run Ai .. please google the beautiful black cities like Memphis that are SUFFERING because of twitters new Ai system,\u201d she wrote in a comment that she later re-posted to her Instagram Story.<\/p>\n \n\tLast year, Musk opened an AI data center in Memphis that sparked concern from the city\u2019s community and environmental groups about its potential for pollution and excessive water usage. \u201cThis continues a legacy of billion-dollar conglomerates who think that they can do whatever they want to do, and the community is just not to be considered,\u201d KeShaun Pearson, executive director of the nonprofit Memphis Community Against Pollution, told TIME<\/a><\/em>. \u201cThey treat southwest Memphis as just a corporate watering hole where they can get water at a cheaper price and a place to dump all their residue without any real oversight or governance.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tSZA called it out for being exactly what it is: \u201cPLEASE JUST GOOGLE ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM.\u201d According to the Natural Resources Defense Council, <\/a>environmental racism is defined as \u201cthe intentional siting of polluting and waste facilities in communities primarily populated by African Americans, Latines, Indigenous People, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, migrant farmworkers, and low-income workers.\u201d<\/p>\n