GoKawiilRetired Colonel's Report Warns of Risk to People Living Near AI Data Centers
A report from the Texas-based Collapse Survival Institute, authored by retired Air Force Colonel Drew Miller, claims people living near AI data centers could become targets if a 'misaligned' artificial intelligence were to escape human control. The report cites former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon, who has said there is more than a 10% chance AI could cause human extinction, and calls on Congress to halt new data center construction and require 'kill switch' infrastructure.
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The report reflects a fringe but growing strand of AI-safety discourse that treats catastrophic, uncontrollable AI scenarios as near-term policy concerns rather than speculative fiction. Its credibility rests heavily on citing researchers like Coxon who have made public extinction-risk estimates, though such predictions remain contested within the AI field. If taken up by lawmakers, the proposed moratorium and kill-switch mandates could add regulatory pressure on an industry already facing scrutiny over data centers' noise, emissions and energy costs.
- Retired Col. Drew Miller's report warns that communities near AI data centers could become targets if a rogue AI escapes control.
- It cites ex-Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon's claim of a greater than 10% chance AI could end humanity.
- The report urges Congress to pause new data center construction and require mandatory AI 'kill switch' infrastructure.
Source: futurism.com — Victor Tangermann, 2026-10-07
Published there as: “Retired Air Force Colonel Warns Americans That It’s Dangerous to Live Near Data Centers Because You Could Be Targeted or Killed”
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