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This was an interesting read: https://gizmodo.com/right-to-compute-laws-are-spreading-across-the-us-as-electricity-bills-skyrocket-2000716730 https://gizmodo.co
by homarp 8mo ago
This was an interesting read:
https://gizmodo.com/right-to-compute-laws-are-spreading-across-the-us-as-electricity-bills-skyrocket-2000716730 https://gizmodo.com/right-to-compute-laws-are-spreading-acro...
this part in particular:
Like right-to-work laws that frame themselves as protecting individual freedom, critics warn that right-to-compute statutes could, in practice, primarily benefit large corporations by limiting the ability of states and local governments to regulate AI projects.
- conception 8mo agoThe Montana law is also nearly identical to model legislation drafted by the American Legislative Exchange Council, meaning it could easily be replicated by lawmakers elsewhere. Alec which is the group that formed after business/ultra wealthy decided it was cheaper to just buy government than work for votes for unpopular things after the Powell Memorandum. It was super effective! https://eml.berkeley.edu/~saez/SaezZucman14slides.pdf https://eml.berkeley.edu/~saez/SaezZucman14slides.pdf
- boxed 8mo agoDid you reply to the wrong message? I asked for statistics showing significant increases in electricity usage due to AI data centers.