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‘Irresponsible’: backlash as Utah approves datacenter twice the size of Manhattan
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 13 May 2026
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What are these data centers to be used for? People say AI, but that's not specific enough. This shit is surveillance state.
Have you ever played Cyberpunk 2077?
Yes its surveillance state being built. Humans will work for Ai in exchange for basic income.
AI for the surveillance state.
Sort of like the center point of skynet.
Soon there will be heavily armed autonomous mechs walking the perimeter shooting everything organic within 100m the property border