Mamdani on AI and data centers: 'We bear the risk, they get the benefits'
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In an interview with WIRED ahead of the midterm elections, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani summed up his views on AI and data centers as "we bear the risk, they get the benefits." The interview also covered AI entering schools and the future of the Democratic Party. The report says he has a 69% approval rating among New York City voters and has become one of the most influential figures on the American left.
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In a WIRED interview ahead of the midterms, New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani said the bipartisan movement opposing data centers gives him hope, framing current AI governance as "our risk, their reward" and warning of similarities between the housing bubble and AI's place in the economy. He said he does not trust "the Sam Altmans of the world," supports New York state's one-year pause on data center construction, and pointed to his administration's proposed moratorium banning generative AI for students from 2K through eighth grade.
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