I'm still trying to figure out the fear of datacenters.

NedoftheHill 47543 posts Joined: Jun 29, 2011

Posted 3:37 pm on Aug 20, 2026

I suppose people freaked when Ford was first building factories??? Or, when the Jacquard Loom was replacing people in textile factories?

AI in general is more fearful than datacenters. If the fear is of AI, I might understand it. (And, I'm not talking about AI merely taking some jobs away.)

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Evil preaches tolerance until it is dominant, then it tries to silence good.

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I'm still trying to figure out the fear of datacenters. NedoftheHill 3:37pm · 8/20/26
- So, data centers = AI. iairishcheeks 9:30pm · 8/20/26
  - So, stopping AI is as simple as stopping data centers. Good to know.NT NedoftheHill 12:39am · 8/21/26
    - Obviously, AI runs on computers.NT iairishcheeks 12:59pm · 8/21/26
- The objections are rooted in the distain that datacenter builders have for local communities...odd TyroneIrish 5:04pm · 8/20/26
  - I know exactly who you meanNTLink Curly1918 6:07am · 8/21/26
- There are Luddites in every generation. The bigger problem is that so many do not fear debt. Curly1918 4:06pm · 8/20/26
  - Yes. And anyone who looks at the issue knows we can only reduce debt by inflating the dollar. NedoftheHill 4:38pm · 8/20/26
    - Without AI I think we'd be in a recession or perhaps a depression. iairishcheeks 9:32pm · 8/20/26
      - At least as the stock market measures those things.NT NedoftheHill 9:25am · 8/21/26

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