SCOUT· 57%29m·2026-08-19·TechnologyThe AI Backlash Is Getting Stupider. But Also Smarter.
The anti-AI backlash is becoming more meme-driven and politically powerful—but also, in a few important ways, more productive. NLW looks at Liquid Death’s viral Jason Kelce ad, Josh Shapiro’s aggressive new data center rules, and OpenAI’s voluntary training pause to ask whether the AI debate is finally creating room…
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“Gov Shapiro is a liberal Democrat, not a centrist. Gov Abbott doing the centrist approach to data centers.”
“AI is garbage. Glad to hear data centers are getting nerfed.”
“I love AI. Use it every day & makes me way more productive in every way. Still, why would u want a data center near u? i dont see any upside. What a few thousand or so temp jobs, then a hundred or so when its built? I'd def NIMBY the eff ou…”
“i don't understand, who tf are all this grifters paying for AI? I'm still using all of them for free consuming all the free credits, the limits are getting more atrocious so i can see how they loose less money.”
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