{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Secure Talk Podcast","title":"AI Is Eating Our Young: Data Center Revolts, Vanishing Junior Jobs & the EU AI Act","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/db961fbe\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2917,"description":"Communities are blocking $130 billion in AI data centers while the entry-level jobs that used to train the next generation of engineers quietly disappear.\nChapters: \n00:00:  The Backlash: 800 Groups, 49 States, $130B Blocked\nGallup: 71% of Americans don't want a data center built near them (Gallup)\nData center opposition tracker, Q1 2026 filings (referenced industry opposition data)\nCMMC as precedent for regulating critical infrastructure (DoW CMMC Phase 2 program)\n04:30:  Why AI Is \"Eating Our Young\" in Education**\nFran Berman & co-author's unpublished piece on the fraying mid-career pipeline\nBetter Tech (MIT Press) — Chapter appendix: AI classroom syllabus and exercises\n14:00:  Tech as Critical Infrastructure, Not a Religion\nBetter Tech prologue: treating tech like food, water, roads, and the power grid\nGDPR (EU, 2018) as a case study in regulation done right — and its limits\nVermont's data broker law as a case study in weak enforcement\n26:00: Design Can't Be Bolted On Later**\nSelf-driving cars and the hidden environmental cost of full autonomy\nAttack surface risk: denial-of-service on connected, self-driving fleets\n34:00: Governing the Hybrid Human-AI Society**\nEU AI Act — risk-tiered regulation: unacceptable, high-risk, low-risk categories\nU.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission guidance on algorithmic hiring\n41:00: The Hype Curve and the Data Center Reckoning**\nWestern Massachusetts communities rejecting new AI data centers\nEfficiency vs. quality of life — Berman's closing argument\nCommunities are saying no to AI's biggest infrastructure bet.In the first quarter of 2026 alone, local opposition blocked or delayed 75 data center projects worth roughly $130 billion — nearly matching all of 2025's total in a single quarter. Dr. Fran Berman, former head of the San Diego Supercomputer Center, argues the fix isn't more hype, it's precedent we already have. She points to CMMC itself: \"If we can look at the defense supply chain and say this is critical...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/FI5U-V5f7xdITFyeJIbD7DHq2VtWIj7V7SxzbEqbbTM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81NzRj/MTkwYWEwN2IzMjIw/ZjRhZTE0MGJiYjhi/N2YxMS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}