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The AI Backlash Is Getting Stupider. But Also Smarter.

aired Aug 19, 2026 · 29.0m
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Summary

The anti-AI conversation is somehow getting dumber and more productive at the same time. This week, a centrist governor who just a year ago was touting AI investment in the state reversed course entirely to sign an extremely strong executive order that makes it much harder for data centers to get built in his state.

Why listen

It goes beyond the title with direct discussion of data, center, centers, including: This week, a centrist governor who just a year ago was touting AI investment in the state reversed course entirely to sign an extremely strong executive order that makes it much ha.

Key takeaways
  1. 01And yet, as OpenAI voluntarily pauses their training, and that governor that we were just mentioning before chose an executive order with specific criteria that data center builder
  2. 02First of all, thank you to today's sponsors, KPMG, Rackspace, Blitzy, and Hyperagent
  3. 03In this session, we're going to take the sort of agentic loops that developers and software engineers are already using and make them applicable for knowledge workers of all stripe
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