Voters have spoken on AI: There must be a better way

A wave of citizen revulsion demands a different path into the future Ed.: The essays, analyses and opinions presented as Community Voices express the perspectives of their authors on topics of interest and importance to the community and are not intended to reflect perspectives on behalf of Salish Current. They voted against the lawlessness, the cruelty, the corruption. The tariffs and canceled health insurance. The boorish diplomacy. The extrajudicial killings. The illegal war. And resoundingly, voters defeated 40 AI data centers nationwide: a hard no to the rapid and unrestrained expansion of artificial intelligence. Until Election Day, it seemed as if we were all doomed to be dragged by Donald Trump and his entourage of toxic enablers into a truly dystopian future. All that changed when a wave of citizen revulsion demanded a more honest and decent government, a more affordable economy and a less divisive politics.

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