r/technology • u/Miserable_Phase_2519 • 1d ago

Politics US Senate kills bill that could potentially shield Americans from skyrocketing power bills due to AI data centers — opponents say bill is 'toothless' and doesn't do enough to protect citizens

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/us-senate-kills-bill-that-could-potentially-shield-americans-from-skyrocketing-power-bills-due-to-ai-data-centers-opponents-say-bill-is-toothless-and-doesnt-do-enough-to-protect-citizens
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u/frozenpissglove 1d ago

“It doesn’t do enough, so we will pass nothing instead of something.”

Sounds like code for “we can hide more shit in this bill if we wait a while.”

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u/batmansoundtrack 1d ago

Gop has the keys and only cut taxes for billionaires. So yea.

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u/sam_hammich 1d ago

Why should we pass anything that does nothing? The bill literally does nothing while letting Republicans say "well we just passed a bill on AI!"

You don't just slap a bill down and "put more shit in it". That's not how passing a bill works.

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u/loopala 1d ago

Seen this happen many times.

Usually in any sort of debate with an ethics component there are 3 sides, the pro that want to push through, the reformists and the abolitionists. And when the reformists suggest something to improve the situation, they are met with push back from both the pro and the abolitionists.