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highplainsdem

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11. Those opposing generative AI and data centers are a large group, even though they don't have the

Reply to Karasu (Reply #4)

Tue May 26, 2026, 11:00 PM

4 hrs ago

AI bros' wealth and power.

The pro-AI side, including some very influential venture capitalists, is very aware their tech is increasingly unpopular, and with many rightwingers as well as liberals and moderates. I think the regime is hoping to make AI opponents afraid to speak up, organize and protest.

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US Law Enforcement Warns of 'Anti-Tech Extremism' as AI Hatred Grows [View all] highplainsdem 10 hrs ago OP

I, For One, Welcome Our New AI Overlords (/eyeroll) Tim S 10 hrs ago #1

Luddites of the world unite! pecosbob 10 hrs ago #2

It's not about just the resistance to AI "adoption." It's about NO water AND skyrocketing electricity bills. ancianita 10 hrs ago #3

Exactly. highplainsdem 4 hrs ago #10

Fucking hell. The "anti-tech" (which they are actually using to describe anyone who specifically is anti-AI) people Karasu 9 hrs ago #4

Those opposing generative AI and data centers are a large group, even though they don't have the highplainsdem 4 hrs ago #11

Time to get the Monkeywrench Gang back together... EarthFirst 9 hrs ago #5

... highplainsdem 4 hrs ago #12

Anti-tech? Plenty of techies are against AI IronLionZion 8 hrs ago #6

Yes. So are science fiction writers like John Scalzi, and I think that particularly upsets the AI bros highplainsdem 4 hrs ago #13

It's not anti-tech, it's anti-exploitation. They use new technology for new forms of exploitation, but ... eppur_se_muova 6 hrs ago #7

True. highplainsdem 4 hrs ago #14

Such were the luddites GenThePerservering 3 hrs ago #15

There isn't any need to have thousands of AI data centers all over the country. patphil 6 hrs ago #8

If AI starts wiping out tens of millions of jobs NickB79 6 hrs ago #9