Notes, references (including the video referenced), & transcript: https://chloehumbert.substack.com/p/dont-let-them-blame-us At the public hearing on data centers in Archibald, Pennsylvania. PA Senator Rosemary Brown tried to say that ordinary people are responsible for needing monstrosity data centers when that is so wrong and I have the receipts demonstrating how that's a false accusation. References: Data Center hearing in Archbald Pennsylvania drew a record number of constituents who were talked down to. How dare you try to gaslight us Rosemary Brown! Chloe Humbert Aug 14, 2025 The Conversation How oil companies put the responsibility for climate change on consumers Published: October 11, 2023 4:44pm EDT One particularly significant rhetorical strategy the oil industry has adopted is to place responsibility for climate change mitigation and adaptation on the individual. By putting the burden of reducing pollution and greenhouse gas emissions — and consequently the fight against climate change — on individuals, oil companies and their political allies are taking the onus off themselves to make changes to their fossil fuel production, consumption and exploitation practices. The Illusion of Choice: How Big Business Controls Your Life (ft. Lina Khan) Robert Reich Premiered Jul 1, 2025 Public hearing on data center development in Pennsylvania Posted on August 4, 2025 Senate Majority Policy Committee - Monday, August 11, 2025 | 1 p.m. - Valley View High School Auditorium, 1 Columbus Drive, Archbald, PA Senator David G. Argall: "As requested by my good friend and neighbor, Senator Rosemary Brown. Judging from the number of constituents here today I'd say you've set the new record for policy committee attendance. So it's obviously an issue of significant interest." HousingWire - Could AI data centers fuel a commercial real estate bubble? As many businesses scale their AI operations, data center construction is key, but this is raising alarm for some observers June 4, 2025, 2:26pm by Chris Clow Recent reporting from The New York Times detailed some of this activity through its description of Blackstone’s rapid acquisition of AI-centered companies and its purchase of property to support them. Blackstone spent $10 billion in 2021 to acquire Quality Technology Services (QTS), which “leases its facilities to companies like Amazon and Meta and supplies the electricity and water needed to power and cool their computers,” the Times reported. But it doesn’t stop with QTS. According to the report, Blackstone — which already maintained a sizable commercial real estate portfolio of office buildings, warehouses and more — has “sunk more money into data centers and related infrastructure than into almost any other sector in the firm’s 40-year history.” NATURE 05 March 2025 How much energy will AI really consume? The good, the bad and the unknown Researchers want firms to be more transparent about the electricity demands of artificial intelligence. By Sophia Chen Big tech firms are betting hard on generative AI, which requires much more energy to operate compared with older AI models that extract patterns from data but don’t generate fresh text and images. That is driving companies to collectively spend hundreds of billions of dollars on new data centres and servers to expand their capacity. DCD (Data Center Dynamics) - Sam Altman muses that, after $500bn Stargate, OpenAI may "raise $5 trillion for a cluster" - The unprofitable company has yet to raise Stargate funds - February 18, 2025 By Sebastian Moss "Stargate is a much bigger project, it is a $500bn project to build a very large training and inference system. It sounds crazy big now. I bet it won't sound that big in a few years." He added: "And if we get to do it again, which I hope we do, you'll be like 'you're raising $5 trillion for a cluster, what the f**k?' And we'll be like, 'well yeah, you know, gotta keep going.'" Stargate is currently set to be built out over four years, with the company exploring data center options in 16 states alongside its flagship Texas site. The company aims to develop five to ten campuses – each able to support 1GW of capacity or more. AI doomsday and AI heaven: live forever in AI God – Pivot to AI Aug 17, 2025 Everyday Analysis - The Politics of God Building and “Eschatech” Jag Bhalla 03 July 2025 Futurism - 11.15.23, 12:05 PM EST by Victor Tangermann Sam Altman Seems to Imply That OpenAI Is Building God Is that what AGI is going to be? VOX - AI companies are trying to build god. Shouldn’t they get our permission first? The public did not consent to artificial general intelligence. by Sigal Samuel Oct 11, 2024, 8:30 AM EDT Linkedin - Sam Altman Wanted to Build a God??? Jigisha Dave Building Strategic Narratives for Lasting Impact March 18, 2025The Verge - They think they’re building God by David Pierce Sep 24, 2024, 9:19 AM EDT The Decoder - Nov 1, 2024 OpenAI CEO Sam Altman feels like he's "on the side of the angels" working on AI models - Matthias Bastian DARK GOTHIC MAGA: How Tech Billionaires Plan to Destroy America Blonde Politics | The Silly Serious Nov 13, 2024 Current Affairs - The Dangerous Ideas of “Longtermism” and “Existential Risk” by Émile P. Torres filed 28 July 2021 Not only do many longtermists believe that superintelligent machines pose the greatest single hazard to human survival, but they seem convinced that if humanity were to create a “friendly” superintelligence whose goals are properly “aligned” with our “human goals,” then a new Utopian age of unprecedented security and flourishing would suddenly commence. This eschatological vision is sometimes associated with the “Singularity,” made famous by futurists like Ray Kurzweil, which critics have facetiously dubbed the “techno-rapture” or “rapture of the nerds” because of its obvious similarities to the Christian dispensationalist notion of the Rapture, when Jesus will swoop down to gather every believer on Earth and carry them back to heaven. As Bostrom writes in his Musk-endorsed book Superintelligence, not only would the various existential risks posed by nature, such as asteroid impacts and supervolcanic eruptions, “be virtually eliminated,” but a friendly superintelligence “would also eliminate or reduce many anthropogenic risks” like climate change. Eric Schmidt Full Controversial Interview on AI Revolution (Former Google CEO) Financial Wise Aug 18, 2024 Eric Schmidt: “I talked Sam Altman is a close friend he believes that it's going to take about 300 billion maybe more I pointed out to him that I done the calculation on the amount of energy Acquired and I and I then in the spirit of full disclosure went to the White House on Friday and told them that we need to become best friends with Canada because Canada has really nice people helped invent AI and lots of Hydra power because we as a country do not have enough power to do this the alternative is to have the Arabs fund it and I like the Arabs personally uh spent lots of time there right but they're not going to adhere to our national security rules whereas Canada and the US are part of a triumvirate it where we all agree.” Erik Brynjolfsson: “so these 300 billion data centers, electricity starts becoming the scarce resource.” CFO Magazine - Elliot Management letter says AI is overhyped and Nvidia is in ‘bubble land’: Trial Balance The activist investor group had its letter to investors leaked by the Financial Times, and it reveals the firm’s stance on AI and the investments surrounding it. Published Aug. 5, 2024 Lauren Muskett, Adam Zaki Leaked details from Elliot Management letter to investors say AI is overhyped - Elliott Management — the notorious activist investor group that made headlines for infiltrating the board of Southwest Airlines despite the company’s “poison pill” attempt to keep them out and, most recently, taking a stake in Starbucks — has unintentionally revealed its position on the AI-powered technology space, according to the Financial Times. In a letter seen by FT but not published, only referenced, Elliott indicated to its investors a bearish stance on AI, avoiding the “magnificent seven” stocks and saying Nvidia, the largest and most valuable chip manufacturer in the world, is “in bubble land.” The letter also states AI is overrated, a sentiment many CFOs have been keenly aware of and expressed skepticism about the sustainability of tech companies continuing to push for AI investment. The Hater's Guide To The AI Bubble Edward Zitron Jul 21, 2025 The Magnificent 7 stocks — NVIDIA, Microsoft, Alphabet (Google), Apple, Meta, Tesla and Amazon — make up around 35% of the value of the US stock market, and of that, NVIDIA's market value makes up about 19% of the Magnificent 7. This dominance is also why ordinary people ought to be deeply concerned about the AI bubble. The Magnificent 7 is almost certainly a big part of their retirement plans, even if they’re not directly invested. Gartner Predicts 30% of Generative AI Projects Will Be Abandoned After Proof of Concept By End of 2025 SYDNEY, Australia, July 29, 2024 Analysts Explore the Business Value of Generative AI at Gartner Data & Analytics Summit, July 29-30 in Sydney At least 30% of generative AI (GenAI) projects will be abandoned after proof of concept by the end of 2025, due to poor data quality, inadequate risk controls, escalating costs or unclear business value, according to Gartner, Inc. When I see a product has “Artificial Intelligence” I assume it’s a piece of crap. And the marketing buzzwords of “AI” signal to me that it comes with a huge price tag of horrendous collateral damage. Chloe Humbert Jun 12, 2025 if there is a legitimate use, it’s been overwhelmed by the b******t, and I just wonder how long it’s going to take marketing executives to realize the AI branding is gone to s**t. The Byte - Study Find
