Sam Altman doesn’t need to see the polls. The OpenAI CEO knows how unpopular his industry has become.
“Clearly, people hate data centers—right now, at least,” Altman told Time as part of a series of interviews for a cover story published on Wednesday. “People are pretty negative on AI.”
Data centers in particular have become quite the pariah.
Altman has previously spoken about the backlash against the industry, including local opposition to data center projects nationwide.
“I understand emotionally why people don’t want data centers in their backyard in the same way that I don’t really want a nuclear power plant next to my house, even though I…
