AI Leaders Are Cosplaying James Bond Villains: Gautam Mukunda

Shark Tank impresario Kevin O’Leary wanted to build data centers on 40,000 acres in rural Box Elder County, Utah, a parcel of land more than twice the size of Manhattan. A Deseret News-Hinckley Institute of Politics poll found most Utah voters opposed the plan, with almost 85% of Democrats, a majority of independents and fewer than half of Republicans in favor. They have deluged Utah’s Republican governor, Spencer Cox, with letters, rallied at the state Capitol with signs reminding him that sharks aren’t welcome in the state, and filed to put the project to a public vote.

O’Leary responded by ...