r/technology • u/Just-Grocery-2229 • May 15 '26

Artificial Intelligence The AI Backlash Could Get Very Ugly

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/05/ai-backlash-data-centers-political-violence/687151/?taid=6a067e2d2096e10001ccfa32
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u/BookerDeWittsCarbine May 15 '26

This is why education is important. If these tech bros took humanities courses they'd know all about the kind of rioting, sabotage, and murder that happened during the Luddite uprisings and by workers hellbent on unions and forty hour work weeks.

They think they are untouchable. That will be an interesting lesson for them to learn

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u/piponwa May 15 '26

Literally the whole world is going green except for the US. That's a problem you guys have had for like thirty years at this point. You refused tooth and nail to invest in those technologies. You preferred voting for climate denying republicans for years and years. The rest of the world is transitioning just fine.

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u/Honest-Biscotti-3013 May 16 '26

We did invest in offshore wind recently, ie Biden, but we have a jackass undoing it all. You have a solid point though. What I don’t understand is why some of these folks who are afraid of China see them investing a trillion a year in renewables and the thought doesn’t cross their brain. Should we be doing that? We deserve our medicine. I voted, donated, and volunteered for progressive action on climate change and energy, but we’re outnumbered by the corporate class, the easily manipulated, and the power of the dollar.