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highplainsdem

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3. The race to build more data centers is about AI, not the interner. And AI is destroying the internet -

Reply to SCantiGOP (Reply #2)

Tue Jun 2, 2026, 07:19 PM

Jun 2

ripping off websites while depriving them of traffic and ad revenue, and filling the internet with misinformation from AI-generated answers.

Analysis Finds That Google's AI Overviews Are Providing Misinformation at a Scale Possibly Unprecedented in History
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221159857

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Take This Data Center and Shove It [View all] Celerity Jun 2 OP

They're pushing for one in Springfield IL MustLoveBeagles Jun 2 #1

There is another side to it SCantiGOP Jun 2 #2

The race to build more data centers is about AI, not the interner. And AI is destroying the internet - highplainsdem Jun 2 #3

Even with solar or wind they suck. Scruffy1 Jun 2 #5

A neighbour to one of these described it as living within earshot of a busy airport that never sleeps.. OGBuzz Jun 2 #10

Where's your proof of that assertion? littlemissmartypants Jun 2 #8

The big buildout of the Internet took place a couple of decades back. For a while, fiber optic was a huge growth market. eppur_se_muova Jun 2 #11

Not quite true. BannonsLiver Jun 3 #15

A massive surveillance machine is being set up right under our noses dlk Jun 2 #4

There's a reason why the fascists love this shit and are trying so hard to prevent it from having ANY regulation at all. Karasu Jun 2 #6

There's too many (supposedly) on "our side" who are "YEEE HAW" for these durablend Jun 3 #12

They don't see the larger picture dlk Jun 3 #13

They must not understand dlk Jun 3 #14

Unfortunately, yes. Still too many, and I have no idea how they justify it. It is the ULTIMATE gift to fascists. Karasu Jun 3 #16

I Feel Sorry for Loudoun County DET Jun 2 #7

There are several interesting points in the article: littlemissmartypants Jun 2 #9

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