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GreatGazoo

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14. Excellent points

Wed May 6, 2026, 12:50 PM

15 hrs ago

Turns out the public is not happy to sacrifice what's left of the environment and take a 150% increase in the cost of their KWHs .

The main part of the AI industry defense right now seems to be aimed at energy. This looks to be a major issue for the midterms. We will likely hear much more about how data centers will build out power sources "behind the meter", eg baby nukes that are not on the grid. And how with that these data centers will not impact local rates.

McKinsey is selling their oligarch customers a complete package of PR and (dystopian) thought-leadership. They see their biggest opportunity / challenge as (foolishly) increasing "trust":

https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/tech-and-ai/our-insights/ai-in-action/looking-ahead-leaders-role-in-the-trust-equation

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AI Backlash Backlash [View all] GreatGazoo 21 hrs ago OP

No but your observations appear to be on point biophile 20 hrs ago #1

They.have billions of dollars on the line from investors. Lochloosa 20 hrs ago #2

Seems all the benefits go to the rich. multigraincracker 20 hrs ago #3

This is it exactly OnionPatch 19 hrs ago #6

In Adam Smiths book, Wealth of Nations, multigraincracker 19 hrs ago #7

Did you mean to write it that way? Mossfern 18 hrs ago #10

I'm on one of those language spectrums. multigraincracker 18 hrs ago #11

Absolutely Mossfern 16 hrs ago #13

I find it hard to believe the party that wants to eliminate the social safety net will subsidize beach vacations sop 20 hrs ago #4

This x 1000 Ferrets are Cool 19 hrs ago #5

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it." ― Sinclair eppur_se_muova 19 hrs ago #8

"We will get UBI, lay on the beach and finally write that novel." JustABozoOnThisBus 19 hrs ago #9

I see signs of it from AI propagandists on X complaining that AI opponents are too organized and too highplainsdem 18 hrs ago #12

Excellent points GreatGazoo 15 hrs ago #14

If there was ever an industry that didn't deserve trust, it's generative AI. And those mini nuclear power plants highplainsdem 15 hrs ago #15