Democracy blindsides Silicon Valley’s power players looking to transform the world with AI

Communities across the United States are passing moratoria on artificial intelligence datacenters amid broad public distrust. Tech leaders openly view democratic governance as an impediment to technical optimization. This conflict forces researchers to evaluate how private technological power attempts to bypass civic institutions.

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