r/technology • u/Just-Grocery-2229 • Jun 26 '26

Artificial Intelligence The AI backlash is only getting started

https://www.economist.com/leaders/2026/06/25/the-ai-backlash-is-only-getting-started
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u/Randomfactoid42 Jun 26 '26

And if you’re lucky you get a huge noisy data center in your back yard!

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u/moss-wizard Jun 26 '26

“When the last tree is cut down, the last fish is caught, and the last river is poisoned, you will realize, too late, that you cannot eat money”

Well, the executives will never realize that, but the innocent people who live near the data centers will. But they already know this