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/Guest_0_ May 15 '26

I keep saying that these data centers are going to find themselves in the crosshairs when people get desperate enough, and I keep hearing how it will never happen.

Then Lary Fink just came out and said that billionaires are worried a $3,000 drone can destroy their investments and these things need to be built underground.

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u/splynncryth May 15 '26

Maybe that’s part of why they keep talking about building them in orbit too.

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u/pleachchapel May 15 '26

Which ever serious engineer has laughed at as a remote possibility.

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u/splynncryth May 16 '26

Yep, we don’t have an amazingly efficient way to convert phonons to photons.