Cause otherwise midterms discussion will be scattered around a bunch of separate Culture War thread posts. And it's nice to have more off-the-cuff rapid reactions in a dedicated megathread.
The first thing I've noticed so far: if the exit polls are correct, Americans are very pessimistic about AI.
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Apparently, of 75 municipalities that had a data center ban or moratorium on the ballot, all 75 passed. This is a bipartisan 80/20 issue. Support for data centers is political suicide now. I expect a lot more bans.
Lots of ways this could go.
Obvious take: The future is Chinese.
Nothing ever happens take: We don't need new centers when chips/software get 10x faster each year.
Elon take: Data centers in space doesn't seem so crazy now
Pollyannaish take: Maybe China follows suit and we can pace the frontier
5: Sam Altman gives every US citizen free ChatGPT Ultra (via another billion dollar loan) and launches public works projects that heavily involve AI (via a few more loans).
“If your town lets us build a data center, we’ll also build AI supermarkets and cafés, give every building an AI vending machine, every household an AI butler, and even install an AI radio host to deliver music catered to your town’s general population.”
How to ensure you get run out of town on a rail: “If your town lets us build a data center, we’ll also build AI supermarkets and cafés, give every building an AI vending machine, every household an AI butler, and even install an AI radio host to deliver music catered to your town’s general population.”
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