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- technology@lemmit.online
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- technology@lemmit.online
Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) will introduce a bill Wednesday that aims to put a national moratorium on data center construction “until legislation is enacted that safeguards the public from the dangers of artificial intelligence.” Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will introduce a similar bill in the House in the coming weeks.
While it’s highly unlikely that the bill will pass—especially given the Trump administration’s full-throated endorsement of AI, and the massive amount of money the industry is set to spend this year in Washington—the bill marks a new line in the sand for progressives seeking to address both concern around data center construction and the potential harms artificial intelligence may bring.
It is not going to pass, but this is a solid goal that everyone should be pushing for.
Also from the harms of the data centers themselves. Thanks for the gesture AOC and Bernie.
Please just fucking get your ass off and go support bernie on this bill. Stop being so hopeless.



