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Letter to Governor Abbott on responsible AI infrastructure in Texas

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Re: Letter to Governor Abbott on responsible AI infrastructure in Texas

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Post by goatlover »

JuniperMesos wrote: post #129
alpha_squared wrote: post #120

Earlier quoted context omitted.

NIMBY is largely used for housing development discussions and to contort it in support of developing data centers is incredibly intellectually dishonest. If we're going to rebrand things to blur lines, I propose rebranding data centers to pedophile content hubs. The rest of your argument is full of similar cherry-picking for dishonest discourse.

Opposing new housing construction is bad in basically the same way that opposing data center construction is bad; and I'm happy to use the same word to describe both groups of people.

Why is opposing data center construction bad? People need housing, if there isn't enough affordable housing around, then opposing it can be bad. But also people who live there should have a say in what gets built near them, since they have to live with it.

Re: Letter to Governor Abbott on responsible AI infrastructure in Texas

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Post by goatlover »

gruez wrote: post #124
alpha_squared wrote: post #120

Earlier quoted context omitted.

NIMBY is largely used for housing development discussions and to contort it in support of developing data centers is incredibly intellectually dishonest. If we're going to rebrand things to blur lines, I propose rebranding data centers to pedophile content hubs. The rest of your argument is full of similar cherry-picking for dishonest discourse.

>NIMBY is largely used for housing development discussions and to contort it in support of developing data centers is incredibly intellectually dishonest. No, it's frequently used in infrastructure discussions as well, eg. high speed rail or power transmission lines.

Or like property on the Texas Mexico border through which a wall is being built sealing off acres of private land from the owner.

Re: Letter to Governor Abbott on responsible AI infrastructure in Texas

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Post by elictronic »

ourmandave wrote: post #127
coldbrewed wrote: post #4

This is a collection of "OpenAI will boldly act in the abstract to provide air coverage for Texas leadership." With data centers under construction one would think they would have examples of successes or projects in progress available for reference. They'd claim credit if they had it so the silence is telling. Big tech has consistently valued profit and growth above good stewardship; the onus is entirely on OpenAI t…

...provide air coverage for Texas leadership. The GOP runs Texas. The governor, sec of state, AG, and both houses are republican. Since when have they ever wanted or needed air coverage?

The 2018 Senate race had a Democratic candidate lose by 2.6% while the economy for everyday Americans was doing much better. O'Rourke wasn't as good of a candidate as Talarico, and Cruz is a much better candidate than Paxton. That's not saying Cruz is good, just Paxton has almost as much baggage as Trump without the TV personality to whitewash it away. Republican strategists are expecting over 150 million to be spent on this race.

They will take anything they can possibly get at this point.

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/28/republicans-texas-m...

Re: Letter to Governor Abbott on responsible AI infrastructure in Texas

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Post by dfee »

ourmandave wrote: post #127
coldbrewed wrote: post #4

This is a collection of "OpenAI will boldly act in the abstract to provide air coverage for Texas leadership." With data centers under construction one would think they would have examples of successes or projects in progress available for reference. They'd claim credit if they had it so the silence is telling. Big tech has consistently valued profit and growth above good stewardship; the onus is entirely on OpenAI t…

...provide air coverage for Texas leadership. The GOP runs Texas. The governor, sec of state, AG, and both houses are republican. Since when have they ever wanted or needed air coverage?

:waves: from California

Re: Letter to Governor Abbott on responsible AI infrastructure in Texas

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Post by dyauspitr »

xienze wrote: post #139
kdheiwns wrote: post #79

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I very much realize it. I know companies are doing it. But the angry responses to my comment shows that literacy is lacking in Texas because I said it's political suicide to run on it as a platform. Ken Paxton, who is running for Senate and currently serves as attorney general, proudly announced cracking down on "solar scams": https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/releases/attorney-... Plus his campaign site make…

> But the angry responses to my comment shows that literacy is lacking in Texas because I said it's political suicide to run on it as a platform. If you really think Republican voters in Texas care so much about it, wouldn't the obvious play for Democrats be pointing out how much green energy these Republican politicians have allowed to be built under their watch? I think you're painting Republican voters with an ext…

Democrats can’t even paint the republicans in the corner about blatant pay to play corruption or ignoring court orders. This isn’t proof of anything.

Re: Letter to Governor Abbott on responsible AI infrastructure in Texas

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Post by qarl2 »

toomuchtodo wrote: post #132
qarl2 wrote: post #108

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Good. Because it seems pretty obvious that the algorithm profoundly influences awareness.

You say obvious but provide no citations or data. “Some people say” or “it’s obvious” is not a sufficient foundation for an assertion.

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Re: Letter to Governor Abbott on responsible AI infrastructure in Texas

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Post by rayiner »

goatlover wrote: post #141
JuniperMesos wrote: post #129

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Opposing new housing construction is bad in basically the same way that opposing data center construction is bad; and I'm happy to use the same word to describe both groups of people.

Why is opposing data center construction bad? People need housing, if there isn't enough affordable housing around, then opposing it can be bad. But also people who live there should have a say in what gets built near them, since they have to live with it.

People need infrastructure. Data centers are infrastructure.
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