defrost • today at 8:40 AM

The article covers various opinions expressed by various people, one person

  Moya Bailey, a professor at Northwestern University who specializes in the representation of race and gender in the media,

expressed several opinions at various strengths. including:

  Bailey also points out that racism within the AI industry goes as far as the actual methods used to power it. She references the negative health impact of xAI data centers in a Memphis neighborhood called Boxtown, which is 90 percent Black, as an example of environmental racism inflicted by the AI industry.

If you disagree with Bailey you should say why.

It's worth noting that her objections stem from clean air violations outlined here:

  Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company is belching smog-forming pollution into an area of South Memphis that already leads the state in emergency department visits for asthma.

  None of the 35 methane gas turbines that help power xAI’s massive supercomputer is equipped with pollution controls typically required by federal rules.

~ https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/06/elon-musk-xai-memph...