Jasmine Sun on What the AI Industry Got Wrong About the Public Backlash

Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway interview independent writer Jasmine Sun about the unexpected backlash against AI data center construction. Sun traveled to Wisconsin and Michigan to report on communities and activists organizing against these projects—a sharp reversal from the era when cities and states offered tax incentives to attract data centers. The conversation examines what the pushback reveals about public attitudes toward AI infrastructure and what developers might need to change to regain community acceptance.