Show Notes
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From Mexico to Ireland, Fury Mounts Over a Global A.I. Frenzy (gift link – by Paul Mozur, Adam Satariano, and Emiliano Rodríguez Mega in the NYT, Oct 20, 2025)
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How Chile Embodies A.I.’s No-Win Politics (gift link – by Paul Mozur in the NYT, Oct 20, 2025)
• Paul's previous appearance on the show:
April 22, 2019 Techtonic about surveillance in China
• See also the recent show discussing the Ithaca, NY data center on Lake Cayuga:
October 6, 2025 Techtonic called "AI and surveillance keep spreading"
• For more on NDAs and data centers, listen to the
August 14, 2023 Techtonic - Pat Garofalo on Amazon's data-center scam
• For more on Big Tech effects on countries outside the US, listen to
December 11, 2023 with Guillaume Pitron, author, "The Dark Cloud" (which talks about Facebook's data center inside the Arctic Circle, venting its heat into the snow)
• For more on NDAs and Amazon buildouts – and the relative lack of jobs from data centers – listen to the
February 7, 2022 Techtonic with Alec MacGillis, author, "Fulfillment: Winning and Losing in One-Click America"
