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Elon Musk's X says China tried using X to turn Americans against AI data centers. Did it work?
More fuel for the "anti-AI is a psyop" crowd. Will that help them change minds?
TL;DR
- X claims to have found 200 accounts spreading anti-data center posts, suggesting a potential Chinese influence campaign.
- OpenAI previously flagged similar posts that appeared to originate from China, though their reach was minimal.
- The article raises doubts about X's report due to a lack of detail on the reach and engagement of the flagged posts.
- It questions the timing of X's report and the absence of similar findings from Meta and YouTube.
- The author suggests that American opposition to data centers might be independent of foreign influence, and calling it a 'psyop' may not be effective.
- Elon Musk's past unreliability as a source of information regarding his platform is noted.