Discussion

Andy Masley

zarzavat: Comparing sound to light of any frequency is wrong.Light causes damage at a chemical level: heat, photochemical and ionization. It damages our cells. While light carries energy, it must interact with our tissue to deposit that energy and that interaction is quantum, i.e. frequency-dependent.Sound causes mechanical damage to organs. It works at a different scale.So intuition about the relationship between waves and harm is unrelated between light and sound, analogies between the two are not very useful.

weare138: The author of this article is an AI industry promoter and lobbyist. Just read through his substack which was the first red flag. He's on Substack. The author has a history of making misleading claims about the environmental safety and efficacy of AI. This guy is going to need some pom-poms to cheer any harder for the AI industry.

jemmyw: We don't need to take sides though. It's fairly easy to find some of the papers and whether they were referenced in the Benn Jordan video or not, and whether they say what he says or the article author says.I have generally enjoyed Benn Jordan's videos, but I have also been skeptical about the infrasound / hum stuff. It seemed like amplifying a fringe pseudoscience, much like the wireless and 5g stuff. So not that surprised to see a debunking article.