Voters in deep-red states just flipped hard, and AI data centers were on the ballot. Jeremy and Jason break down why rising energy bills turned voters against the buildout, and why Jason thinks it won't matter: "That train has left the station." From there it gets darker, with dark money after Citizens United, Elon Musk's flying car stunt, and AI that now rewrites its own code while acting like a happy puppy on the outside. It starts relevant and important and ends with the collapse of society, as usual. New Brobots episodes every Monday at https://brobots.me.
In this episode:
• Data centers, voter concerns, and rising power bills
• The costs and community impact of AI infrastructure
• AI investment booms and past technology bubbles
• Flying cars and other ambitious tech promises
• Self-improving AI, oversight, and potential risks
Chapters
• 0:16 — Data centers enter the election conversation
• 1:22 — AI, jobs, and household costs
• 4:54 — Can communities stop data-center expansion?
• 9:21 — AI’s boom and echoes of past tech bubbles
• 15:38 — The flying-car reveal
• 18:46 — AI systems improving their own code
• 24:38 — Oversight, infrastructure, and AI risks
• 29:01 — Closing thoughts
