Anti-data-center votes prompt AI industry to rethink its public image
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The article cites a summer poll finding people would rather live near a coal plant than an AI data center. It says nearly 50 data-center ballot measures in what it calls "yesterday's election" look set to restrict further construction, though it gives no final results. It questions whether the AI industry can measure public approval by adoption and economic growth, and ties its unpopularity to job threats, concentrated gains and executives' politics.
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- Hacker News front pageLess Popular Than Coal
文章从昨天选举中的反数据中心立场出发，质疑 AI 行业能否用采用率和经济增长来衡量公众认可。文中称，全国近 50 项涉及数据中心建设的投票措施看起来都将限制进一步建设，去年夏季的民调则显示，人们更愿意在自家附近建煤电厂。文章将行业的不受欢迎与就业威胁、收益集中及企业领导人的政治立场联系起来，呼吁科技行业通过集体行动提出更有益于公众的发展方向。
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