Kate Brennan of the AI Now Institute is a leading national expert on the rapid development of AI and data centers and a vocal advocate for regular people to have a say in emerging technology. She talks about her journey as a technology loving Google employee, the policy toolkit she wrote for local officials, and what you can do to fight data centers near you.
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Learn more about Kate and her team’s work at ainowinstitute.org and check out their toolkit, training series, and the Site Fight Guide of the Data Center Working Group.
Read Saul’s recent Op Ed on data center resistance with Astra Taylor in the Guardian. And listen to Chenjerai Kumanyika’s interview with Saul and Astra on Unruly Subjects.
Coverage of The Hum in El Diario, Spain’s biggest newspaper and a story about data center fights in Harper’s Magazine.
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