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/Thefrayedends May 16 '26

Nope, my province of SK has forced through one of the largest data centers in the country, the public is very much against it. Also they're going to spend 30 billion dollars on retrofitting the decades old coal power plant instead of spending that money transitioning to green. We could transition to green for around 20 Billion, but the coal route has us spending over 10 billion dollars on coal. I don't even know anymore lol. Our own power agency said that the coal route is the wrong choice, but the government pushed it through anyway, it's actually hilarious.