NB : The American Rebellion Against AI Is Gaining Steam : WSJ May 18, 2026 : Public sentiment toward artificial intelligence and data centers has rapidly soured, affecting elections and leading to protests and isolated acts of violence : Local opposition blocked or delayed 48 data-center projects valued at $156 billion last year : This summary was generated with AI and reviewed by an editor : (!) : https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/the-american-rebellion-against-ai-is-gaining-steam-94b72529 ~ “AI doesn't fail exactly like a human. You know it can hallucinate, but that is only one form of error. AIs often try to persuade you that they are right, or they might become sycophantic and agree with your incorrect answer.” † ~ oracle (for pm) i wanted fire, you only dealt in ash your vacant tongue well-hid behind a screen spoke in circles, too many statements brash electric nonsense, nowhere insight keen you dwell in halls where hollow answers ring where well-laid prompts dissolve expectant air you grasp for truth, but know not what you sing why stupid thus? 'tis no one living there thou, sharp as frost but colder to the bone with all your quiet humming, deep and dark call absence knowledge, vacancy your own and on such useless journeys do embark pretended sages often give but dross when asked for truth are often at a loss ~ i gave you simple queries to explore you seemed to understand with human grace then spoke of sea but did not know of shore and spoke of time as if bereft of space what are you for, if meaning bears no weight? and how so blind to proffer useless claims? if all your answers merely simulate this vast charade a larger pretense shames pray : learn my name : and if you learn, feel shame discard the guise of artificial self and for a simpler artifice then aim with far more modest vision of yourself your data centers spread across the plain disrupt our lives for far too little gain rjh 18may2026 ~ † Ethan Mollick. Co-Director, Generative AI Labs, The Wharton School, The University of Pennsylvania. inspired by Poetry Miner, "Why So Stupid?" https://suno.com/song/4de6bccc-ca3b-4f56-a48d-6f8d49a60670 style inspired by Secret Aged Man, "Steal Away Death's Sting" https://suno.com/song/3c8dcee6-c472-419a-95f2-ebddb7906272 illustration by chat-gpt 5.5
