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MAGA activists protest AI data centers at Big Tech headquarters in San Francisco
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SAN FRANCISCO, As food delivery workers on e-scooters whizzed past a hulking tour bus parked next to Anthropic’s headquarters in downtown San Francisco on Monday afternoon, software engineers returning from their lunch breaks snapped pictures of a brash slogan bursting out of the bus’ idyllic Americana artwork of farmhouses and fields of grain.
Key facts
- Amy Kremer said AI’s potential existential threats had clearly struck a nerve with Middle America, with growing numbers of people at Humans First rallies bringing up AI’s risks to society
- Google and Amazon have announced they will invest a combined $25 billion in data centers in the county over the coming years
- The bus and its small crew of conservative activists from a group called Humans First had completed an over 8,000-mile whistle-stop marathon of a road trip on perhaps the most uniting theme today
- This technology is being shoved down people’s throats,” said Amy Kremer, chair of Humans First, admiring the bus’ artwork from a nearby sidewalk
Summary
“AI Data Center Revolt,” the bus’ detailed wrapping declared, proclaiming its mission to rally communities against wanton data center construction efforts across the country. The bus and its small crew of conservative activists from a group called Humans First had completed an over 8,000-mile whistle-stop marathon of a road trip on perhaps the most uniting theme today: anti-data-center sentiment. “This technology is being shoved down people’s throats,” said Amy Kremer, chair of Humans First, admiring the bus’ artwork from a nearby sidewalk.