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October 4, 2026

The anti-AI movement

New Yorker - In the past year, data centers have emerged as a central issue in both American politics and the gyre of discourse swirling around American politics. On blogs and podcasts, the commentariat has marvelled at the emergence of an elusive bipartisan consensus. And well they should: the most recent polling shows that an astounding seventy-one per cent of the population opposes data-center construction in their areas.

Equally astonishing, if not yet equally remarked upon, is the consensus about A.I. itself. Sixty-nine per cent of Americans are “concerned” about the technology’s role in society, according to a study that used data from norc at the University of Chicago. A poll conducted by NBC last spring found that A.I. is less popular than such societal darlings as ice, Donald Trump, and J. D. Vance. More

1 comment:

  1. When Trump discusses his super intellignce task force you know he lies when he says he wants to know what comsumers think. He does not give a sh.. t He is just trying to make more money before the rest of us shut the industry down or at least prevent it from starting wars

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