Quinnipiac poll: 55% of Americans say AI will do more harm than good in their day-to-day lives, and 65% oppose building data centers in their community
Americans are increasingly turning against artificial intelligence, with growing majorities saying they fear the fast-moving technology …
Bloomberg Emily Birnbaum
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@melatkirosco
@melatkirosco
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Bernie & AOC are leading the way on this. We need a data center moratorium to force companies to the table to address the greatest problems this tech brings. AI isn't going anywhere, but neither are we, and we need real protections for our jobs, our environment, and our privacy.
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@therealjchubby
@therealjchubby
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Basically nobody wants data centers. Just know if you see one go up it's because depraved billionaires bought off your local politicians to convince them to go against your communities wishes.
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@aidaross_
Aida Ross
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Big takeaway heading into the midterms: 72% of those opposing data centers pointed to electricity costs. @JasonEsteves gets this is an affordability issue. It's why he's the only GA gov candidate with a plan to end tax handouts for data centers + lower costs for working people. […
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@nick_field90
Nick Field
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Americans hate A.I., let's see if politicians finally get the memo https://x.com/...
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@fshakir
Faiz
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Compare/contrast this with the elite reaction to Bernie's stance on data center moratorium
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@patricksvitek
Patrick Svitek
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In new Quinnipiac poll, Americans oppose building AI data centers in their communities by 65-24 margin: https://poll.qu.edu/...
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@_nathancalvin
Nathan Calvin
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Lots of interesting data in this new Quinnipiac Poll. A couple standouts: (1) AI job loss concerns are shared roughly equally for blue collar and white collar workers (73% vs 71%) (2) Younger Americans use AI more AND are more worried about AI job loss. (link in reply) [image]
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@reckless
Nilay Patel
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As @davidpierce.xyz keeps saying, AI is fundamentally enterprise tech! I am convinced shoving it onto consumers without actually-great products is like forcing everyone to really really consider the consequences of giving SAP first-strike capabilities [embedded post]
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NewsMax.com
Solange Reyner
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Quinnipiac Poll: 80% Concerned About AI
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@bestonetx
Bryan Edward Stone
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Synopsis: The more you use AI, the less you like it. — poll.qu.edu/poll-release...