My electricity bill is 50% higher than this same month 1 year ago. My friends and neighbors in my city have said that they also have greatly increased electricity bills. Whether or not that increase is due to a specific data center, it's extremely easy to blame it on the increased electricity usage of data centers, no foreign propaganda required.
I’m pro-AI. I use it all the time. I max out my $200 claude subscription and own a strix halo.
The data center buildout makes no sense.
I don’t want to work for a Trump lapdog, so MAGA++ recruiters can go pound sand.
I don’t think SV leadership realizes how f—-ked they are.
I'm convinced the anti data center movement is foreign propaganda
My electricity bill is 50% higher than this same month 1 year ago. My friends and neighbors in my city have said that they also have greatly increased electricity bills. Whether or not that increase is due to a specific data center, it's extremely easy to blame it on the increased electricity usage of data centers, no foreign propaganda required.
I know actual people who are deeply opposed to AI (well, the current AI tech anyway), for what seem to them to be good moral reasons.
I find the attitude a bit weird and very left-wing purity-spiral stuff, but it is a real attitude that real people have.
what is the purity spiral and why is it left wing?
it seems like a group of issues that the general public might be concerned about
My neighbors take issue with people getting the wrong roof on their house. Not surprised people being against a data center nearby.
> I'm convinced the anti data center movement is foreign propaganda
Exactly! No rational person could oppose Elon Musk, Sam Altman, etc., so if people do, the logical conclusion is that it's a psyop.
Science is my superpower!
it is woke mind virus propagated via 5g towers and vaccines