As AI expert Karen Hao notes in this interview, people went from feeling powerless in their communities to stop AI data centers to realizing and flexing their power. The results speak for themselves in many cases in terms of the visceral local opposition in towns and in city councils across the country.
Also noteworthy: Hao says the central story about AI in Silicon Valley today is that it’s “a political project.”
Start at the very beginning or skip to the 4:35 mark.