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Former Texas Agriculture Commissioner
New York Times bestselling author of 7 books
Award-winning radio commentator since 1992
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Friday Signpost: They're Calling AI a “Revolution.” Here's What's Actually Going On. (Part 1)

Here at Hightower HQ, we’ve been spending a lot of time reading about and supporting the rebellion against AI imperialism and the data centers that come with it. We’re also seeing a lot of misinformation and Chicken-Little-style scare tactics being deployed by people for and against AI, and since I’m a nerd who doesn’t like to toss the tech baby out with the tech bathwater, I thought we’d take a moment here to offer a brief explainer of what AI is and is not.In part two, coming next week, we’ll talk about data centers: what exactly they are, their impact [...]

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