Inside a Small Town's Fight Against a $1.2 Billion AI Datacenter
Episode description
We start with Matthew Gault’s dive into a battle between a small town and the construction of a massive datacenter for America’s nuclear weapon scientists. After the break, Joseph explains why people are 3D-printing whistles in Chicago. In the subscribers-only section, Jason zooms out and tells us what librarians are seeing with AI and tech, and how that is impacting their work and knowledge more broadly.
YouTube version: https://youtu.be/rHk580uKwHw
6:03 - Our New FOIA Forum! 11/19, 1PM ET
7:50 - A Small Town Is Fighting a $1.2 Billion AI Datacenter for America's Nuclear Weapon Scientists
12:27 - 'A Black Hole of Energy Use': Meta's Massive AI Data Center Is Stressing Out a Louisiana Community
21:09 - 'House of Dynamite' Is About the Zoom Call that Ends the World
30:35 - The Latest Defense Against ICE: 3D-Printed Whistles
SUBSCRIBER'S STORY: AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge
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