The newest data center builds are just burning natural gas with abandon with dire consequences to the air quality in the neighborhoods that they’re in, but also to the climate at large. All so they can spit out whatever AI generated image somebody wanted to conjure up or, in the case of the Pentagon, spit out some bombing targets in Iran that included a girls' elementary school.

Henry Burke of the Revolving Door Project joins us to discuss his recent writing, "How OpenAI Hacked The Military-Industrial Complex" at The Lever and, "Centrists: Better Things Aren’t Possible" at The American Prospect. "The Moment of Truth" with Jeff Dorchen follows the interview.

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Guest

Henry Burke

@burkehenryt

Henry Burke is a senior researcher at the Revolving Door Project and a former Capitol Hill staffer. His research interests include organized labor, the gig economy, education, government capacity, and issues of economic inequality. He is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles.

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Henry Burke