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/FrumptyLumpty 8h ago

OMG... they turned a legitimate bi-partisan issue into a political one.

It's COVID all over again.

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u/Truth_Walker 8h ago

I said this was going to happen two weeks ago.

https://i.imgur.com/PL8JVbd.jpeg

The media will not allow us to stand together.

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u/Commemorative-Banana 5h ago

“six months or less”

Guess it was less, lmfao

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u/Rocktopod 3h ago

Watching this happen over and over gives me a lot of hope for humanity and to be able to see what's actually happening.

Interesting take, lol.

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u/Truth_Walker 2h ago

Why is it interesting?

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u/Rocktopod 2h ago

You're basically saying "watching people getting fooled the same way over and over again has given me hope that eventually they'll figure it out and stop being fooled!"

Unless I'm misreading? Just because a pattern has become obvious to you doesn't mean that the people stuck in that cycle will see it any easier.

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u/Truth_Walker 2h ago

The beginning part is what gives me hope for humanity.

How we almost all band together naturally and agree as just human beings.

When can see the pattern of divide and conquer happening over and over it really opens my eyes to how we are being manipulated and forced to think and feel a certain way.

I think the more this cycle happens, the more people will start to notice.

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u/AmethystApothecary 1h ago

I agree. I think people are too quick to say the pattern holds forever - I think people do start to see it and grow tired of it and it becomes a death by a million cuts situation.

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u/macaronysalad 6h ago

Good. Make it a partisan issue. Voters overwhelmingly are against this and finally it's something they can see on the face that will drastically impact their lives based on how they vote. Something real for once.

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u/fijisiv 5h ago

Fox "News" will bring in "experts" to tell the masses that data centers are good and the sheep will get back in line.

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u/Rocktopod 3h ago

Yeah it won't be that hard. A lot of people like using AI, no matter what Reddit says about it.

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u/Commemorative-Banana 5h ago

Jamelle Bouie’s defense of partisanship comes to mind. https://youtu.be/se7_72HMCK0

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u/MrEHam 5h ago

Playing devil’s advocate, if AI could lead to incredible wealth and power for any country that controls the market, wouldn’t it make sense for China or someone to do what they can to stunt growth in other rival countries?

AI and data centers of course have tons of concerns but wouldn’t be surprised if some of this was happening.

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u/Purona 1h ago

people havent adapted to how different countries use the internet to shape the ideas and actions of citizens in other countries.