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The Senate GOP campaign arm, in a private memo to top AI companies, warns that toxic views of U.S. data centers are killing the party's chances of holding a vital seat in Ohio.

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[-] jballs@sh.itjust.works 61 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

"If voters' perceptions of data centers are not fixed quickly, the campaign against them will expand far beyond Ohio," the party warns.

It annoys me to no end that they view the problem as perception that needs to be "fixed".

Not "hey guys, we need to find a better solution to AI" or "hey maybe we can do this more responsibility with a lesser environmental impact."

Just "we need to put out a PR campaign."

[-] ramasses@social.ozymandias.club 23 points 11 hours ago

I was at someone's house, I forget whom, but I saw an ad their that was a complete PR campaign for data centers in Texas. I was in Michigan. The ad was spewing blatantly false info abt data centers like "Um, actually data centers help Texas grow stronger communities." People should know that the PR campaign has been ongoing for a while now.

[-] msage@programming.dev 2 points 5 hours ago

They have a lot of money on this, expect everything.

[-] EmilieEasie@fedinsfw.app 9 points 11 hours ago
[-] one_old_coder@piefed.social 9 points 11 hours ago

It's impossible since the average AI is smarter than any MAGA out there.

[-] EmilieEasie@fedinsfw.app 9 points 11 hours ago

Sometimes I think I've moved past pity but I definitely still cycle in and out

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