alt.hn

2/23/2026 at 5:36:16 AM

Top '28 Dems retreat on AI – sign of rising backlash

 https://www.axios.com/2026/02/22/democrats-2028-retreat-ai-data-centers

by 1vuio0pswjnm7

2/23/2026 at 9:34:04 AM

Predictable if you follow the economics.

The scaling thesis behind all this buildout is looking shaky (to say the least), smaller models keep closing the gap on the big ones. Meanwhile voters are watching their electricity bills go up and blaming whoever approved the permits.

Wrote about this: https://philippdubach.com/posts/the-most-expensive-assumptio...

by 7777777phil

2/23/2026 at 7:03:37 AM

Let's hope the politicians come around to the climate polluters like the oil and gas industry one day. Hopefully, denying data centers will do the trick though. I mean, the voters really don't like data centers and have well informed opinions about AI.

by kittikitti

2/23/2026 at 3:34:04 PM

> well informed opinions about AI

Ah yes, the one thing voters have "well informed opinions" about.

by ronsor

2/23/2026 at 6:21:51 AM

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by shablulman