Christopher Kahn

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The Excerpt · The AI backlash uniting a divided America · 3 Sep 2026 podcast

Great to be here.

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So overall we're seeing polls show that a growing number of Americans are s skeptical of big tech companies and the advanced products and systems that they produce, especially artificial intelligence.

So on the ground we're seeing communities of all sizes, um, in rural areas and in major cities kind of reject these AI related technologies like data centers, which power AI systems and flock cameras, which are AI powered

Surveillance cameras that are used by law enforcement nationwide.

So this is a pretty big contrast from about 25 years ago when Americans had a generally positive view of technology with advancements in personal computers and the internet.

There was one Pew Research poll that I had come across with the title was Optimism Reigns, Technology Plays a Key Role.

And what that poll showed was that eight in ten Americans

said they believed the new millennium would usher in the triumph of science and technology.

So there was just a lot of optimism at the time around tech and the internet.

So it just shows how far public support has fallen as Americans increasingly reject the ambitions of of Silicon Valley.

So that case was brought by 47 states against Meta over claims that its Facebook and Instagram platforms were designed to get children addicted to them and had improperly collected their personal data.

Now the company agreed to make sweeping changes for teenage users, including adding daily usage limits.

But this case really came amid a wave of litigation brought by states and local governments.

governments and school districts that allege that Meta and other social media companies had fueled a nationwide youth mental health crisis.

And so so these cases taken together show a a broad backlash against big tech and social media companies, many of whom are involved in in the current AI race.

Data centers have been built for decades in this country, but companies are now looking to build more than ever or to meet the demand for AI and cloud computing.

And many of these new data centers can be classified as what's called hyperscalers, which are these enormous facilities that can reach over a million square feet in size and have seemingly endless rows of servers and networking equipment.

And so as these projects have been proposed and green.

Communities across the country have packed city council meetings to express uh a fury and and and anger just about uh the potential for strain on water and electricity resources, as well as uh disruptions to the communities with noise and and air pollution.

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