Politicians Blame Los Angeles Fires on Explosion of AI Data Centers
Politicians have started pointing fingers at the burgeoning AI industry for water scarcity in California during the Los Angeles fire.
Blaming anything to avoid the actual issue: Southern California is a desert with unpredictable precipitation, and the state has allowed wealthy interests to hoard water. Also, maybe there are in fact too many damn people down here.
Who, uh... approved those data centers?
You don't blame the kid for asking if they can have ice cream for dinner, you blame the parent who allows it.
Rule 1 of politics: Answer the question you want, not the question you’re asked.
That works in the US. Other countries have journalists that just keep asking the same question over and over until it's answered
The data centers made it not rain for six months?
If the clouds weren't in the internet then they would be available to rain on the earth.
No, data centers made them build thousands of homes in areas with greater fire risk
It would be easy to look at that headline and decry clueless politicians, but a more honest title might read: “Politicians Use Momentum of the Moment to Push for Legislation to Address a Major, Related Issue of Particular Importance to the Region.”
