Anti-AI Populism is Reshaping American Politics

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 Populism's Warning Shots

the battles over AI are no longer just about the tech

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?

‘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?

How AI companies are reckoning with elections

Can AI be made election-friendly?

Democratic Governance of AI Is the Real Solution

The potential for catastrophic effects from the AI boom demands robust deliberation and real democratic governance. Localized initiatives like data center moratoria won't get us there.