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Michigan residents voted down a $16 billion Stargate AI data center, then construction began anyway (www.techspot.com)

submitted 3 days ago by sanitation@lemmy.radio to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] isleepinahammock@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Pass a new law. Make "it was an AI datacenter" an affirmative criminal defense against charges of arson. An affirmative defense is when you go to court and say, "yes, I did the act, but it was necessary because reason X." "Yes, I shot and killed the guy, but I did so because he broke into my house and was trying to kill me." That's an affirmative defense.

Fuck it. Ultimately the law is subordinate to the will of the people. If they're going to just ignore the voters, the voters should make it so people can't be prosecuted for burning down AI data centers. It just won't be illegal.

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago

“Yes I shot the guy but he was an AI data center” would make a good episode of love death and robots.