CounterPunch.org | How (And Why) AI is Eroding Democracy in the US by Tom Valovic
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In this article Tom Valovic argues that the Trump‑era “Stargate” program—a $500 billion public‑private partnership with giants such as OpenAI, Microsoft, Nvidia and Oracle—marks a concerted push to flood the United States with AI data centers and surveillance technology, effectively turning the nation into a technocratic, authoritarian apparatus. He points out that the initiative, framed as a race to out‑pace China, actually embeds military‑grade monitoring (e.g., constant police supervision, camera footage from “Flock” devices) and is being embraced by both Republican and Democratic state leaders, including Massachusetts’ Gov. Maura Healey, who is rolling out AI tools across statewide government. Valovic warns that AI’s promise of a “single source of truth” threatens to make the technology a gatekeeper of information, supplanting traditional search and eroding public agency, while also driving hidden data‑center construction that strains local resources. Nonetheless, he highlights growing citizen resistance to the data‑center boom and the upcoming midterm elections as a potential turning point to curb the AI juggernaut and restore democratic oversight.
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