kalomaze: Exploiting datacenter NIMBY anger for AI x-risk messaging is a classic alliance blunder
kalomaze · x · 2026-09-11
kalomaze argues on X that piggybacking on populist datacenter backlash to raise awareness of long-term AI risk is a classic "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" mistake.
He draws a demographic distinction: industry AI safety people would accept a hypothetical guaranteed x-risk-free version of the technology, whereas those who spread datacenter water-usage fears overwhelmingly had a preexisting axe to grind against the technology existing at all.
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