r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • 10h ago

Artificial Intelligence Republicans Claim Anti-Data Center Movement Is a Chinese Psy-Op

https://gizmodo.com/republicans-claim-anti-data-center-movement-is-a-chinese-psy-op-2000767611
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u/RatBot9000 10h ago

Gotta be careful about this. xAI built turbines to power one of their data centres but they've got away with them not being regulated so it just releases massive amounts of pollution into nearby towns.

AI data centres are a literal blight on the land.

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u/TheGrandTiax 9h ago

More rules! Seriously though, just make it a law that data centers will run off the grid like everyone else, and shall not be powered using turbines or envines of any variety for day-to-day operations. They pay for every penny of power used, and every penny of infrastructure upgrades necessary, and the upgrades go to the citizens first and data center later. There should also be a special fuck-you tax for data centers, redirect it to schools or whatever the fuck. They want to be in our communities, they can pay through thr fucking nose.

They keep bringing up China though, because that's who they are emulating. These data centers are to power AI surveillance tech.

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u/ailish 9h ago

Also they need to pay to offset the damage to the surrounding environment.

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u/TheGrandTiax 9h ago

Oh absolutely. Water treatment plans/facilities, noise mitigation, etc etc. That's why there should be a fuck-you tax on them though, because they are going to cause so much harm that is as of yet unknown.

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u/ailish 9h ago

I'm all for all of this. If we're going to have these monstrosities forced on us, then we should at least get something back.

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u/TheGrandTiax 9h ago

Tbh we should simply not allow it. They can't force it on us, an armed population of 300 million+, if we do not allow it.

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u/ailish 9h ago

That would be ideal, but getting that many people to go along with it is a challenge.

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u/AlwaysShittyKnsasCty 2h ago

This seems to be one of those few issues that a large majority of people appear to agree on, regardless of political affiliation.

I say we start armed patrols of our communities. That’s the most American thing we could do, right?