News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:AI Labs Are Solving the Power Problem by skywhopper on Wednesday December 31, 2025 @03:33PM (#46447996)
Because the people who decided where to locate it and the people in government who could do something to stop it make decisions about how much they care based on those folks’ skin color. If those generators were placed near a rich white neighborhood, the government response would be wildly different.

Mississippi in particular is well known at the state government level to actively choose not to enforce environmental regulations in areas where its Black citizens live.

Re:AI Labs Are Solving the Power Problem by redwall_hp on Wednesday December 31, 2025 @04:11PM (#46448404)
And TFA addresses this. South Memphis was a community largely composed of freed slaves, where manufacturers set up shop, the military dumped waste (now a superfund site), and people have continued to mark the area for polluting industries for generations.
Re:AI Labs Are Solving the Power Problem by jordanb on Wednesday December 31, 2025 @04:12PM (#46448417)
To be fair they would definitely do this to rural and/or poor white people too.
Re:AI Labs Are Solving the Power Problem by kube-system on Wednesday December 31, 2025 @05:02PM (#46448828)
Maybe. East Palestine OH got a decent amount of political attention.