Poster predicts AI will be outright banned in the US amid datacenter backlash and xrisk fears
wordgrammer · x · 2026-09-19
User wordgrammer argues that while he doesn't necessarily agree with the doomers, he is '100% sure they are going to win.' His reasoning: America already hates AI so much that the datacenter backlash combined with x-risk concerns will prove overwhelming — leading to AI being flat-out banned, 'not slowed. Banned. Like heroin.' A provocative prediction about where AI governance sentiment in the US is heading.
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