The one issue unifying the American public

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• A new poll from the Annenberg Public Policy Center reveals that “opposition to data centers is rising fast” and “crosses party lines,” potentially unifying the American public on this issue.
• Gary Marcus links this trend directly to his May 2025 prediction that “Public backlash against AI will so be strong by 2028 that anti-AI sentiment will probably be a major factor in the 2028 US Presidential election,” noting that current developments “look pretty on track.”
• The escalating anti-AI sentiment is attributed to “greed, overhype, and recklessness” in the AI industry, leading to negative consequences such as increased spam lawsuits, widespread “AI slop” on the web, and academic cheating.