About this episode
The episode discusses the resistance to the Trump administration's AI agenda in states that supported him, focusing on a road trip to Missouri.
When it comes to data centres, the Trump administration has been urging AI companies to “build, baby, build”. But the White House’s agenda is facing resistance from an unlikely place: the very states that won Donald Trump the presidency. The FT’s Joe Miller went on a road trip to Missouri to talk to some AI sceptics. Mentioned in this podcast: Donald Trump’s AI push fuels revolt in Maga heartlands Sign up for the FT’s Swamp Notes newsletter here Swamp Notes is hosted by Marc Filippino , and produced by Henry Larson and Sonja Hutson. This week’s show was mixed by Sam Giovinco. Our executive producer is Topher Forhecz. Special thanks to Pierre Nicholson. The FT does not use generative AI to voice its podcasts. Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
People in this episode
Host: Marc Filippino
Guest: Joe Miller
Topics covered
- AI
- politics
- data centres
- Trump administration
- Maga-land
- scepticism
Keywords
- AI
- Trump
- data centres
- Missouri
- sceptics
- politics
- Maga-land
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Financial Times, Acast
Places: Missouri
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