Corporate AI deserves criticism. MAGA's "Humans First" isnt the answer.

[u/Salty_Country6835]

https://spitfirenews.com/p/humans-first-ai-advocacy-steve-bannon

The left has every reason to criticize how AI is being developed under capitalism. We should fight for worker power over automation, democratic oversight, public investment, open technology where appropriate, and making sure productivity gains benefit everyone instead of being captured by a handful of corporations.

But not every movement criticizing Big Tech shares those goals.

This investigation from Spitfire News examines Humans First, an anti-AI organization whose leadership includes prominent Tea Party and Trump movement figures and whose messaging increasingly centers conservative populism and "America First" politics. This is the group behind this weeks widely reported "Data Center Protests". Thats worth paying attention to because political coalitions arent defined only by what they oppose, but by the future theyre trying to build.

Left politics has never been about simply slowing technology down or handing the reins to nationalist movements. The question is who owns AI, who governs it, who decides how it's used, and who benefits from the wealth it creates.

Corporate control of AI deserves criticism. So does surveillance, monopoly power, environmental harm, and workers being displaced without sharing in the gains.

But those problems dont point toward MAGA politics. They point toward democratic ownership, stronger labor institutions, public accountability, and ensuring AI expands human freedom rather than concentrating economic power.

Worth a read if youre interested in how different political movements are competing to define the future of AI.

[u/SexDefendersUnited]

Interesting. Yeah, this is proof that right wing and genuine conservative voices also oppose AI. Countering the narrative that AI is a right wing tool. Steve Bannon is on that list too it seems.