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Markets & investment
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“"A world where there is no N.S.F. funding for social science, but where the A.I. industry funds research... will skew public debate. To navigate the shock waves of A.I., we must restore social science research as an enterprise that starts from the public in…”
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“"To navigate the shock waves of AI, we must restore social science research as an enterprise that starts from the public interest," write Henry J. Farrell, Alison Gopnik, and James Evans. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/o...”
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“This piece w @lindseydcameron.bsky.social is the fourth Expert Voices article for @science.org. The third piece explored how AI companies are writing their own constitutions, while a shared vocabulary for contesting algorithmic power has been traveling acro…”
“Though President Trump rescinded the Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights, it is having a second life. As red and blue states draft their own versions, they're drawing on the vocabulary Americans have long reached for to contest power, @alondra.bsky.social wr…”
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Alondra Nelson: An expanding civic grammar for AI rights #AIBillofRights #DataCenterBillofRights www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Policy & governance
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““$130 billion in projects were delayed or canceled just in the first quarter of this year… 500 jurisdictions have passed bans or moratoriums, including 150 local bans passed in July alone.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/o...”
Building & implementation
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“One way of reading the data center backlash "is as a many-headed protest against inevitability — about not just the technology itself but also the whole package of breakneck build-out, social disruption and insane wealth creation," writes @dwallacewells.bsk…”
data centers aftermath essay
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“"Data center opponents have assembled a potent political force. But without a more expansive vision, there is a risk that this techlash could be co-opted and fizzle out." dissentmagazine.org/article/ai-d...”
Policy & governance
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Rules, institutions and accountability.
“In @dissentmag.bsky.social, D&S Policy Director @brianjchen.bsky.social explores the power and limits of the data center opposition, and what it might take to change the structure of AI production for the public’s benefit. dissentmagazine.org/article/ai-d...”
TechCrunch data center dislike essay
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“"One of the strengths of ethnography and doing research on the ground for an extended period of time is piercing the bubble of AI hype," says report coauthor @livgar.bsky.social, explaining the team's approach to understanding data center opposition. techcr…”
Data Society AI factory data centers
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“The report calls into question popular policy approaches aimed at accelerating AI infrastructure development. Our policy one-pager offers recommendations that point to another way forward: one that emphasizes democratic, community engagement. 5/5 datasociet…”
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“I am SO DELIGHTED to announce that our brand new report: The AI Factory: Data Centers, Power, and Resistance in Late Industrial Pennsylvania is out today. datasociety.net/research-lib... TechCrunch has the scoop: techcrunch.com/2026/09/22/e...”
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“Oct 2, live in Pittsburgh & online: the Community-Centered AI Infrastructure Summit will bring together residents, community organizers, policymakers, researchers, technologists, and other experts and advocates to consider the governance of AI infrastructur…”
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“"One of the strengths of ethnography and doing research on the ground for an extended period of time is piercing the bubble of AI hype," says report coauthor @livgar.bsky.social, explaining the team's approach to understanding data center opposition. techcr…”
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“Humans might take a relatively long time to solve math problems, but in the process, they uncover new approaches, along with ideas that might inspire others and birth new subfields. When AI agents solve the problems instead, those benefits disappear. www.te…”
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“Join us on Monday for a special discussion of what's at stake as AI enters schools, with "Coding Kids" author @natashanyt.bsky.social, @amandalenhart.bsky.social, teacher Scott Kern, @merbroussard.bsky.social, & D&S exec director Janet Haven. Online and liv…”
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“Talking about the report with @insideclimatenews.org, coauthor @mwoluchem.bsky.social says that data centers have become a “symbol of larger remote systems, of inequality, of distrust, and really an instrument of power that folks are aiming to take back.” i…”
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“However novel OpenAI agents’ hack of Hugging Face may be, it shouldn't eclipse what we already know about AI governance. Our new collection highlights a body of work that policymakers and researchers can draw on as they design approaches to safety and accou…”
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“Amid constant sound pollution from data centers, “people report that their attention span is decreasing or they feel constantly stressed because there’s just this hum that never goes away,” says D&S researcher @anthrotechana.bsky.social. latinoreporter.org/…”
