Datacenter Backlash: Voters Fear Alignment is NP-Hard
AndyMasley · x · 2026-08-24
The author comments on the backlash against data centers, suggesting that observers project their own reasons onto the opposition. The author argues the obvious answer is that everyday voters, influenced by the 80,000 Hours podcast, assign at least a 5% probability to AI alignment being NP-hard. Given that the far future dominates value calculations, this risk is deemed too high, driving the resistance.
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