'The only thing growing faster than the artificial-intelligence industry may be Americans’ negative feelings about it—as former Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt saw on Friday.
Delivering a commencement address at the University of Arizona, Schmidt told students the “technological transformation” wrought by artificial intelligence will be “larger, faster and more consequential than what came before.” Like some other graduation speakers mentioning AI, Schmidt was met with a chorus of boos.
In one poll after another in recent weeks, respondents https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-policy-david-sacks-midterm-elections-aced91a7?mod=article_inline, a challenge to claims by industry executives that their technology would gain popularity by improving people’s lives.
Consumers resent https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/these-rural-americans-are-trying-to-hold-back-the-tide-of-ai-66945306?mod=article_inline exacerbated by the spread of data centers. Workers fear widespread job losses. Parents worry about AI undermining education and https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/teens-seek-mental-health-help-from-chatbots-thats-dangerous-says-new-study-24d06f8d?mod=article_inline. In recent months, the wave of anger has brought protests, swayed election results and spurred isolated acts of violence.
In April, a 20-year-old Texas man allegedly https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/sam-altman-attack-suspect-had-anti-ai-document-with-ceo-names-authorities-say-74ddfe88?mod=article_inline at OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman’s home and made threats at the company’s San Francisco headquarters, according to a federal complaint filed against him. A few days earlier, someone fired 13 shots at the front door of an Indianapolis councilman who had recently approved a data center.
“It’s something I never thought would be imaginable,” said Councilman Ron Gibson, who found a note saying “NO DATA CENTERS” under his doormat. Two days later, Gibson found a similar note saying “f— you.”
Pollsters and historians say the souring of public opinion is all but unprecedented in its speed. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen something intensify this quickly,” Gregory Ferenstein, who conducted a recent poll with researchers at Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley, said of the backlash.
The poll showed about 30% of Democrats think America should accelerate AI innovation as quickly as possible, compared with roughly half of Republicans and 77% of tech founders.
Also unprecedented is the rapid rise of AI anxiety’s https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/tech-titans-amass-multimillion-dollar-war-chests-to-fight-ai-regulation-88c600e1?mod=article_inline, one that is shaking up routine re-election races and scrambling partisan battle lines, political analysts say.
After bubbling up in a handful of races last year, it has exploded onto the ballot across the country. Voters in Festus, Mo., https://www.wsj.com/us-news/the-small-midwest-community-leading-americas-crusade-against-data-centers-92621c55?mod=article_inline a week after they approved a $6 billion data center. Dozens of communities in states from Maine to Arizona are trying to ban new data centers. Some 360,000 Americans are in Facebook groups opposed to the facilities, roughly quadruple the number from December, figures from organizations fighting the AI build-out show.' WSJ
USA simply lacks the power generation capacity to power the AI 'boom'. US consumers will face massive power price hikes and rolling power cuts. The industrial base has been so decimated by decades of neoliberalism. USA cannot compete with China on pure industrial scale and capacity.
'The only thing growing faster than the artificial-intelligence industry may be Americans’ negative feelings about it—as former Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt saw on Friday.
Delivering a commencement address at the University of Arizona, Schmidt told students the “technological transformation” wrought by artificial intelligence will be “larger, faster and more consequential than what came before.” Like some other graduation speakers mentioning AI, Schmidt was met with a chorus of boos.
In one poll after another in recent weeks, respondents https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-policy-david-sacks-midterm-elections-aced91a7?mod=article_inline, a challenge to claims by industry executives that their technology would gain popularity by improving people’s lives.
Consumers resent https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/these-rural-americans-are-trying-to-hold-back-the-tide-of-ai-66945306?mod=article_inline exacerbated by the spread of data centers. Workers fear widespread job losses. Parents worry about AI undermining education and https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/teens-seek-mental-health-help-from-chatbots-thats-dangerous-says-new-study-24d06f8d?mod=article_inline. In recent months, the wave of anger has brought protests, swayed election results and spurred isolated acts of violence.
In April, a 20-year-old Texas man allegedly https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/sam-altman-attack-suspect-had-anti-ai-document-with-ceo-names-authorities-say-74ddfe88?mod=article_inline at OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman’s home and made threats at the company’s San Francisco headquarters, according to a federal complaint filed against him. A few days earlier, someone fired 13 shots at the front door of an Indianapolis councilman who had recently approved a data center.
“It’s something I never thought would be imaginable,” said Councilman Ron Gibson, who found a note saying “NO DATA CENTERS” under his doormat. Two days later, Gibson found a similar note saying “f— you.”
Pollsters and historians say the souring of public opinion is all but unprecedented in its speed. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen something intensify this quickly,” Gregory Ferenstein, who conducted a recent poll with researchers at Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley, said of the backlash.
The poll showed about 30% of Democrats think America should accelerate AI innovation as quickly as possible, compared with roughly half of Republicans and 77% of tech founders.
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Also unprecedented is the rapid rise of AI anxiety’s https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/tech-titans-amass-multimillion-dollar-war-chests-to-fight-ai-regulation-88c600e1?mod=article_inline, one that is shaking up routine re-election races and scrambling partisan battle lines, political analysts say.
After bubbling up in a handful of races last year, it has exploded onto the ballot across the country. Voters in Festus, Mo., https://www.wsj.com/us-news/the-small-midwest-community-leading-americas-crusade-against-data-centers-92621c55?mod=article_inline a week after they approved a $6 billion data center. Dozens of communities in states from Maine to Arizona are trying to ban new data centers. Some 360,000 Americans are in Facebook groups opposed to the facilities, roughly quadruple the number from December, figures from organizations fighting the AI build-out show.' WSJ
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/the-american-rebellion-against-ai-is-gaining-steam-94b72529?
USA simply lacks the power generation capacity to power the AI 'boom'.
US consumers will face massive power price hikes and rolling power cuts.
The industrial base has been so decimated by decades of neoliberalism.
USA cannot compete with China on pure industrial scale and capacity.
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