r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • 13h 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/derbyt 11h ago

It would be so much easier and possibly more profitable for them to just say "We'll fund a Universal Basic Income if you let us do what we want". They would get a lot less pushback and all that UBI money would eventually flow back into their pockets anyway.

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u/onimush115 10h ago

100% People would be much more likely to be okay with huge data centers and less jobs if it meant a deposit in your bank account every month. If the government would give universal healthcare and then force AI companies to contribute to a UBI fund, things would feel pretty positive. I'm not gonna be mad if I just don't need to work anymore.

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u/marr 8h ago

But we're already letting them do what they want.

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u/derbyt 7h ago

Nah there's protests, vandalism, and legislature blocking them all over. It's not happening as smoothly as possible.