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Re:Improper redaction reveals Google Data Center water and e... by Marha01 on Sunday October 04, 2026 @05:04PM (#49957853)
> it's interesting how much this sounds like astroturf.

It is also interesting how much the anti-datacenter panic sounds like astroturf.

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Re:Improper redaction reveals Google Data Center water and e... by jacquesm on Sunday October 04, 2026 @05:21PM (#49958018)
And who exactly would they be astroturfing for?
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Re:Improper redaction reveals Google Data Center water and e... by stvltvs on Sunday October 04, 2026 @05:27PM (#49958062)
Big Labor j/k
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Re:Improper redaction reveals Google Data Center water and e... by fragmede on Sunday October 04, 2026 @06:00PM (#49958336)
China and Russia.
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Re:Improper redaction reveals Google Data Center water and e... by quietsegfault on Sunday October 04, 2026 @05:32PM (#49958106)
People looking for something to run against?
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Re:Improper redaction reveals Google Data Center water and e... by ewild on Sunday October 04, 2026 @06:37PM (#49958663)
ignorance
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Re:Improper redaction reveals Google Data Center water and e... by phoghed on Sunday October 04, 2026 @11:38PM (#49960431)
Future of Life Institute, Guardrails Alliance, Public First Action, PauseAI, ControlAI.

Both sides of this issue are doing the same thing, you’d be a fool to believe otherwise.

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Re:Improper redaction reveals Google Data Center water and e... by jacquesm on Monday October 05, 2026 @01:42AM (#49961081)
Only one side can afford astroturfers and has a large contingent of employees on HN.
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Re:Improper redaction reveals Google Data Center water and e... by phoghed on Monday October 05, 2026 @08:15AM (#49963830)
That’s not true. The AI side can afford more surely, but that doesn’t mean the anti-AI side is broke. Lawmakers are being lobbied, YouTubers are already being paid to make vids, seems unlikely it would stop there.
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Re:Improper redaction reveals Google Data Center water and e... by jacquesm on Monday October 05, 2026 @01:51PM (#49968076)
What makes you so confident? Do you have any proof of this? If so I would love to see it because it would explain some stuff I've come across, but could not place.
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Re:Improper redaction reveals Google Data Center water and e... by phoghed on Monday October 05, 2026 @02:03PM (#49968225)
YouTuber saying she was offered money https://youtu.be/lPdmYMHrWKg?is=JY229A1XgOBi-pdV

Creator outreach guy at ControlAI talking about the same type of thing https://lnkd.in/p/ehkuYFkw

Future of life has a program for digital media outreach https://futureoflife.org/project/digital-media-accelerator/

The PACs are well reported on

https://www.axios.com/2026/06/30/ai-safeguards-public-first-...

https://www.axios.com/2026/07/17/ai-safeguards-millions-repu...

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Re:Improper redaction reveals Google Data Center water and e... by Marha01 on Monday October 05, 2026 @12:43AM (#49960763)
China, of course. They don't like that the US is currently ahead in the AI race.
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