AI slop farms are churning out anti-AI data center memes on Facebook

""It's not worth giving up an inch of this for a data center," reads one image, in which the words look carved into a field of crops. "Not a single square inch of California is worth giving up for an AI Data Center," reads another posted the very next day, the text floating above a generated image of the California coast, the state flag in the foreground."

"A third post shows that same text scrawled in the California sand, a crowd of protesters holding up signs like "Clean Air Not Sever Air." It's not just California slop pages speaking out against data centers. Similar posts-many with identical wording, and similar imagery-appear on pages for multiple other states."

"Some of the comments on these posts are quick to call out the irony of using AI to make anti-AI data center content. At the same time, some don't see the concern. "So what?" one comment reads. "If he can do that now, doesn't that prove the point that MORE Ai centers are NOT needed?!" (How likely that these comments are AI is unclear, though real humans do seem to frequently interact with Facebook's flood of AI images.)"

"The posts are even drawing attention outside of Facebook. "'The masters tools cannot dismantle the master's house' applies to AI slop that is anti-AI or anti-data center. Just draw it in mspaint it's going to be better," one user wrote on Buesky, referencing Audre Lorde's 1979 essay about how systemic change can't be achieved through the same patriarchal, racist frameworks that led to the oppression in the first place."

A Facebook page filled with AI-generated images also contains posts opposing AI data centers. The posts use repeated phrases such as refusing to give up any land for an AI data center, paired with generated scenes like highway patrol officers with a groundhog, road signs about California quirks, and images of the California coast. Similar posts with matching wording and comparable imagery appear on pages for other states, including South Dakota and Utah. Comments include accusations of irony in using AI to produce anti-AI content, while some dismiss the concern. The posts also spread beyond Facebook, with users referencing broader critiques of using the same tools or frameworks to achieve change.

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