GOP warns AI companies that data centers are politically radioactive

14 hours ago by jballs to c/fuck_ai

The Senate GOP campaign arm, in a private memo to top AI companies, warns that toxic views of U.S. data centers are killing the party's chances of holding a vital seat in Ohio.

jballs 63 points 14 hours ago

"If voters' perceptions of data centers are not fixed quickly, the campaign against them will expand far beyond Ohio," the party warns.

It annoys me to no end that they view the problem as perception that needs to be "fixed".

Not "hey guys, we need to find a better solution to AI" or "hey maybe we can do this more responsibility with a lesser environmental impact."

Just "we need to put out a PR campaign."

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ramasses 23 points 14 hours ago

I was at someone's house, I forget whom, but I saw an ad their that was a complete PR campaign for data centers in Texas. I was in Michigan. The ad was spewing blatantly false info abt data centers like "Um, actually data centers help Texas grow stronger communities." People should know that the PR campaign has been ongoing for a while now.

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msage 3 points 8 hours ago

They have a lot of money on this, expect everything.

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EmilieEasie 9 points 14 hours ago

If only it annoyed maga

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one_old_coder 9 points 14 hours ago

It's impossible since the average AI is smarter than any MAGA out there.

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EmilieEasie 9 points 14 hours ago

Sometimes I think I've moved past pity but I definitely still cycle in and out

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BigMacHole 26 points 14 hours ago

Data Centers are BAD because they're KILLING People! RAISING Utility rates! DESTROYING Housing values! POLLUTED the local Air and Water! Politically BAD!

-Republicans LITERALLY!

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brucethemoose 19 points 14 hours ago

Oh no.

They’re going to politicize data centers and all of AI now, which means MAGA automatically gets on board.

Wonderful.

But Democrats aren't dummies. They see the same polls and are moving fast.

I’m not looking forward to this, either. To be more specific, Sander’s proposal for a national investment fund in frontier labs is one of the most horrific ideas I’ve ever heard. Now there's going to be a flood of similar ideas from politicians who, frankly, don’t know the first thing about the space.

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renegadespork 12 points 12 hours ago

But Democrats aren't dummies.

lol the last decade has proven the contrary. I hate the MAGA party, but their rise to power is littered with the Democratic Party’s fumbles.

The Democratic Party desperately needs a changing of the guard to people with actual fire under their asses and don’t just exist to enrich a different group of billionaires. Mamdani is a good example of this.

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BottleBoardBakon 6 points 11 hours ago

For the most part, the Democratic party has only existed as controlled opposition. They fumble by design.

Now we have actual grassroots third-parties with an actual chance, and actually winning someplaces, because by and large the "democrat" base has realized voting democrat is just delaying horrible policy, not preventing it.

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brucethemoose 1 point 12 hours ago

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eestileib 2 points 8 hours ago

Democrats are absolute idiots, they got pwned by Trump twice!

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stoly 1 point 4 hours ago

No, cultural narcissism reared its head again like it has with every Republican since Nixon. This is who the US is.

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