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Multiple readings Gop data center memo ai election Concern & critique · 2 attributable reactions Multiple readings Former Obama Admin Official Says It's Time To Consider Military Strikes on Chinese Data Centers to Prevent Them From Reaching AGI Concern & critique · 2 attributable reactions
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New Compute & infrastructure Signal 10h ago
⚡ 99 h early

Gop data center memo ai election

8 experts across 2 network communities independently surfaced this.

Why this matches Policy & governance reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Paris Marx
““The Senate GOP campaign arm, in a private memo to top AI companies, warns that toxic views of U.S. data centers are killing the party's chances of holding a vital seat in Ohio.”” evidence ↗
8 experts 2 communities 1 sources clustered
Mike Masnick Hypervisible Paris Marx Karl Bode Dare Obasanjo Peter Kafka Andrew Curran Alex Ip 葉清霖
2 experts discussed this · 2 posts
Hypervisible : Can’t wait for the uptick in articles about how the constant hum from data centers is soothing and good for your health, actually.
Amy Hoy: this is neither here nor there but i don't think they know what "a sleeper" means
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Primary source axios.com ↗
Developing Compute & infrastructure Development 2d ago
⚡ 6 h early
official proposes strikes Chinese data centers

Former Obama Admin Official Says It's Time To Consider Military Strikes on Chinese Data Centers to Prevent Them From Reaching AGI

4 experts across 3 network communities independently surfaced this.

Why this matches Policy & governance reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Karl Bode
“they're all just huffing the farts of their own madness the next 12 months of US AI policy is going to be bipartisan xenophobic incoherence” evidence ↗
4 experts 3 communities 1 sources clustered
Hypervisible Karl Bode Mél Hogan / The Data Fix Hagen Blix
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Multiple readings

Concern & critique

1 expert

Risks, limits and unintended consequences.

“Why worry about the magic computer god killing us all when a bunch of cultists are dead set on that path anyway.”

Policy & governance

1 expert

Rules, institutions and accountability.

“they're all just huffing the farts of their own madness the next 12 months of US AI policy is going to be bipartisan xenophobic incoherence”

3 experts discussed this · 4 posts
Karl Bode: they're all just huffing the farts of their own madness the next 12 months of US AI policy is going to be bipartisan xenophobic incoherence
Mél Hogan / The Data Fix: they're all just huffing the farts of their own madness the next 12 months of US AI policy is going to be bipartisan xenophobic incoherence
Karl Bode: best to pre-emptively napalm the entirety of civilization because our biggest companies don't want to compete and we spooked ourselves with sci fi campfire tales
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Primary source futurism.com ↗
Established Policy & governance Development 4d ago
⚡ 102 h early
AI used in Paramount antitrust pressure campaign

Pro-Paramount Group Uses AI to Pressure Bonta to Drop Antitrust Case

2 directory members surfaced this signal.

Why this matches Policy & governance reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Todd Spangler
“Pro-Paramount Group Uses AI to Pressure Rob Bonta to Drop Antitrust Case https://t.co/QIoHnE6l4s via @variety” evidence ↗
2 experts 1 community 1 sources clustered
Karl Bode Todd Spangler

“Pro-Paramount Group Uses AI to Pressure Rob Bonta to Drop Antitrust Case https://t.co/QIoHnE6l4s via @variety”

“Larry Ellison is using fake consumer groups to generate fake support for his shitty merger definitely the kind of people you want owning the lion's share of U.S. media”

Primary source variety.com ↗
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4 experts · 19 posts · 4d ago
Anil Dash Luke Stark Karl Bode Mary Branscombe
Matches Policy & governance
“I'd be willing to bet that most of the new mRNA vaccines we're getting involved using a data centre; I *like* being able to stream movies and do online banking and have weather reports and we're li…” evidence ↗
Multiple readings Policy & governance · 1 Building & implementation · 1
Anil Dash: I'll add some nuance here — most local pushback against data centers is actually quite fluent, and not grounded in the more wild-eyed rhetoric you see on social media. Very often, the core premise …
Luke Stark: I'll add some nuance here — most local pushback against data centers is actually quite fluent, and not grounded in the more wild-eyed rhetoric you see on social media. Very often, the core premise …
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