Democrats are winning on data center opposition. So are Republicans.
Where Republicans and Democrats stand on AI data centers
Five charts exploring how Republicans and Democrats feel about AI data centers and what that might mean for the road ahead
AI as the new avatar of American capitalism
Why "AI populism" is just "populism"
Americans Oppose AI Data Centers in Their Area
Seven in 10 Americans oppose the construction of an AI data center in their local area, including 48% strongly opposed.
AI backlash is coming for elections
Americans are worried about AI — but how it will play into the midterms is less clear.
Rural America is resisting the surge in data center construction
Many rural communities are viscerally opposed to AI infrastructure.
People Hate Datacenters, Survey Finds
The data drops as Sen. Bernie Sanders calls for a moratorium on datacenter construction. 'We need to take a deep breath. We need to make sure that AI and robotics work for all of us, not just a handful of billionaires.'
AI Grifters Are Making Anti-Data Center Slop With AI
There are hundreds of anti-data center Facebook pages churning out AI-generated slopaganda.
AI Is A Money Trap
In the last week, we’ve had no less than three different pieces asking whether the massive proliferation of data centers is a massive bubble, and though they, at times, seem to take the default position of AI’s inevitable value, they’ve begun to sour on the idea that
The left-wing case for AI
In Many anti-AI arguments are conservative arguments I argued that left-wing anti-AI sentiment1 is partly a backlash to two unrelated events around the rise of ChatGPT: the crypto mania of 2022 and the pro-Donald-Trump push many big tech CEOs made in 2024. If the timing had been different, we could have had a real pro-AI faction on the left. What would that look like?
‘Think Everybody Dead’: How the Threat of AI Is Fueling a New Political Alliance
A billionaire-backed movement from Silicon Valley and populists like Bernie Sanders are eager to stop an AI disaster — but can they overcome their mutual distrust and work together?
‘The Most Bipartisan Issue Since Beer’: Opposition to Data Centers
Americans have soured on data centers, polls show, and the sentiment is profoundly bipartisan. How will that change our politics?
Tapping Into AI’s Conservatism
AI favors established frameworks. Knowing that will change how you develop your information systems.
AI*-powered polls/silicon sampling
* I’m neither “pro-AI” nor “anti-AI.” I’ve been blocked for being perceived as both. —Actually, I’m honestly more anti-AI than pro-AI thus far, aside from specialized models and specific use cases, but I’m willing to consider information that’s new to me
AI* data centers/environmental concerns
* I’m neither “pro-AI” nor “anti-AI.” I’ve been blocked for being perceived as both. —Actually, I’m honestly more anti-AI than pro-AI thus far, aside from specialized models and specific use cases, but I’m willing to consider information that’s new to me
Silicon Samples and Synthetic Surveys: Can AI Stand In for Human Respondents?
Polling Has an AI Respondent Problem
Gallup Begins Research on Simulated Responses
Do AI and bogus respondents threaten polling’s future?
AI-generated responses are undermining crowdsourced research studies
Recognising, Anticipating, and Mitigating LLM Pollution of Online Behavioural Research
I think the framing in the press is not especially accurate. I read that whole section of the prospectus, which is just listing hundreds of…
Anthropic Flags Gas Supply as One of Its Biggest Near-Term Risks
Musk Tries To Bribe Memphis So They'll Overlook His AI Data Centers Are Killing Black Toddlers
Amazon’s $1B plan to combat data center backlash draws more backlash
Data Centre Silence
How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes