A grassroots org of everyday Americans fighting to put the future of AI in the hands of the people, not unaccountable tech elites. Humans must come First.

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐ƒ๐€๐“๐€ ๐‚๐„๐๐“๐„๐‘ ๐‘๐„๐•๐Ž๐‹๐“ ๐“๐Ž๐”๐‘ ๐ˆ๐’ ๐‡๐ˆ๐“๐“๐ˆ๐๐† ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐‘๐Ž๐€๐ƒ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ From Texas to Californiaโ€ฆ 35 Stops. 27 States. 24 Days. 7500+ Miles. One message... ๐€๐Œ๐„๐‘๐ˆ๐‚๐€ ๐…๐ˆ๐‘๐’๐“. ๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐Œ๐”๐๐ˆ๐“๐ˆ๐„๐’ ๐…๐ˆ๐‘๐’๐“. Big Tech is racing to build massive data centers across Americaโ€ฆoften before the people who live in these communities understand what is coming or have a meaningful say in the decisions. ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐š ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐‘๐ž๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ญ ๐“๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐›๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐€๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐: ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐‹๐Ž๐‚๐€๐‹ ๐‚๐Ž๐๐“๐‘๐Ž๐‹: Communities deserve a voice in what gets built in their own backyards. ๐ŸŒพ ๐๐‘๐Ž๐“๐„๐‚๐“ ๐Ž๐”๐‘ ๐…๐€๐‘๐Œ๐‹๐€๐๐ƒ: Americaโ€™s farms and rural communities should not be sacrificed for massive industrial development. โšก ๐๐‘๐Ž๐“๐„๐‚๐“ ๐‘๐€๐“๐„๐๐€๐˜๐„๐‘๐’: Families and small businesses shouldnโ€™t be forced to shoulder the costs of Big Techโ€™s enormous power demands. ๐Ÿ’ง ๐๐‘๐Ž๐“๐„๐‚๐“ ๐Ž๐”๐‘ ๐–๐€๐“๐„๐‘ & ๐๐€๐“๐”๐‘๐€๐‹ ๐‘๐„๐’๐Ž๐”๐‘๐‚๐„๐’: Local resources belong to the communities that depend on them. ๐Ÿšซ ๐๐Ž ๐„๐Œ๐ˆ๐๐„๐๐“ ๐ƒ๐Ž๐Œ๐€๐ˆ๐ ๐…๐Ž๐‘ ๐ƒ๐€๐“๐€ ๐‚๐„๐๐“๐„๐‘๐’: Americans should not lose their property to benefit powerful corporations. ๐Ÿ’ฐ ๐๐Ž ๐‚๐Ž๐‘๐๐Ž๐‘๐€๐“๐„ ๐–๐„๐‹๐…๐€๐‘๐„ ๐…๐Ž๐‘ ๐๐ˆ๐† ๐“๐„๐‚๐‡: Taxpayers shouldnโ€™t subsidize some of the richest companies in the world. ๐Ÿ“ท ๐’๐“๐Ž๐ ๐Œ๐€๐’๐’ ๐’๐”๐‘๐•๐„๐ˆ๐‹๐‹๐€๐๐‚๐„: Americans should not be tracked everywhere they go by Flock cameras and other AI-powered surveillance systems without transparency, accountability and local control. ๐‘ป๐’†๐’„๐’‰๐’๐’๐’๐’๐’ˆ๐’š ๐’”๐’‰๐’๐’–๐’๐’… ๐’”๐’†๐’“๐’—๐’† ๐’‘๐’†๐’๐’‘๐’๐’†โ€ฆ๐’๐’๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“ ๐’˜๐’‚๐’š ๐’‚๐’“๐’๐’–๐’๐’…. This isnโ€™t about being anti-data center, anti-AI, or even anti-technologyโ€ฆ Itโ€™s about making sure the AI revolution doesnโ€™t come at the expense of American families, farmers, workers, taxpayers and communities. ๐ŸšŒ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐ƒ๐€๐“๐€ ๐‚๐„๐๐“๐„๐‘ ๐‘๐„๐•๐Ž๐‹๐“ ๐“๐Ž๐”๐‘ ๐ŸšŒ ๐Ÿ“ 9/12 โ€” Austin, TX ๐Ÿ“ 9/12 โ€” Boyce, LA ๐Ÿ“ 9/13 โ€” Bessemer, AL ๐Ÿ“ 9/14 โ€” Jacksonville, FL ๐Ÿ“ 9/15 โ€” Effingham County, GA ๐Ÿ“ 9/16 โ€” Spartanburg, SC ๐Ÿ“ 9/16 โ€” Walnut Cove, NC ๐Ÿ“ 9/17 โ€” Loudoun County, VA ๐Ÿ“ 9/17 โ€” Washington, DC ๐Ÿ“ 9/17 โ€” Alexandria, VA ๐Ÿ“ 9/17 โ€” Winchester, VA ๐Ÿ“ 9/18 โ€” Martinsburg, WV ๐Ÿ“ 9/18 โ€” Washington, PA ๐Ÿ“ 9/19 โ€” Licking County, OH ๐Ÿ“ 9/19 โ€” Maysville, KY ๐Ÿ“ 9/20 โ€” Nashville, TN ๐Ÿ“ 9/22 โ€” New Florence, MO ๐Ÿ“ 9/23 โ€” Lincoln, IL ๐Ÿ“ 9/23 โ€” Janesville, WI ๐Ÿ“ 9/24 โ€” Dubuque, IA ๐Ÿ“ 9/25 โ€” Salix, IA ๐Ÿ“ 9/26 โ€” Lincoln, NE ๐Ÿ“ 9/26 โ€” North Platte, NE ๐Ÿ“ 9/27 โ€” Colorado Springs, CO ๐Ÿ“ 9/28 โ€” Laramie, WY ๐Ÿ“ 9/28 โ€” Cheyenne, WY ๐Ÿ“ 9/30 โ€” Box Elder, UT ๐Ÿ“ 9/30 โ€” Cedar City, UT ๐Ÿ“ 10/1 โ€” Flagstaff, AZ ๐Ÿ“ 10/2 โ€” Imperial, CA ๐Ÿ“ 10/2 โ€” Coachella, CA ๐Ÿ“ 10/3 โ€” Reno, NV ๐Ÿ“ 10/4 โ€” Berkeley, CA ๐Ÿ“ 10/5 โ€” Mountain View, CA ๐Ÿ“ 10/5 โ€” San Francisco, CA ๐…๐ˆ๐๐ƒ ๐˜๐Ž๐”๐‘ ๐’๐“๐Ž๐. ๐๐‘๐ˆ๐๐† ๐˜๐Ž๐”๐‘ ๐๐„๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐๐Ž๐‘๐’. ๐Œ๐€๐Š๐„ ๐˜๐Ž๐”๐‘ ๐•๐Ž๐ˆ๐‚๐„ ๐‡๐„๐€๐‘๐ƒ. For too long, decisions that will reshape our communities for generations have been made in boardrooms, state capitols and behind closed doors. Weโ€™re taking the conversation directly to the American people. ๐‘ท๐’๐’–๐’ˆ ๐’Š๐’. ๐‘บ๐’‰๐’๐’˜ ๐’–๐’‘. ๐‘ท๐’–๐’”๐’‰ ๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’„๐’Œ. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐‹๐„๐“ ๐€๐Œ๐„๐‘๐ˆ๐‚๐€๐๐’ ๐‘๐„๐ˆ๐†๐! ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
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The rain came down in Wakarusa, Kansas, and our bus couldn't make it down the gravel road. That didn't stop anyone. We parked on a local road, and the people came anyway: through the mud, past the puddles, some walking a good way to get there. They stood with us, and they told their stories. Stories about their land, their families, their water, and the way of life they've built here and want to pass down. We came to Wakarusa to stand with this community, and it stood up for itself. You can't plan for weather, but you can count on people who love their home to show up for it. Thank you, Wakarusa, for your courage, your honesty, and your welcome. We heard you, and we're carrying your stories with us down the road. This is what Humans First means. ๐Ÿ’™ #HumansFirst #Wakarusa #Kansas #CommunityFirst @realhumansfirst
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Amazon is investing $100 million in a new manufacturing plant in Greenwood, Indiana. By 2028, itโ€™s expected to create 300 skilled jobs for CNC operators, welders, technicians, and engineers - building, maintaining, and improving the robotics behind Amazonโ€™s network. This is what human-centered automation can look like! Technology that raises productivity while people stay at the center of how itโ€™s built and run. The future of automation should create opportunity for people, not leave people behind! #Americanjobs #HumansFirst #AmericanInnovation
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Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, told the U.N. Security Council this week that AI could advance faster than people can follow or step in and that decisions about it shouldnโ€™t be left to tech companies alone. Thatโ€™s not a reason to panic. Itโ€™s a reason to get involved! The future of AI should be shaped with people asking questions and keeping human control at the center. This is why we need you! Join the Humans First movement #HumansFirst #OpenAI #Technologynews
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Not without us. Ordinary people from all walks of life, showing up to say the people who live with these data centers deserve a say. #HumansFirst #AIDataCenterRevolt
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"Communities have to have the right to say yes or no to these big hyperscale data centers." At our Jacksonville, FL stop, Ryan Kennedy, COO of @go_flca, shared his take: the decision belongs to local people, not Tallahassee or DC. #HumansFirst #AIDataCenterRevolt
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36 stops. 27 states. More than 7,500 miles. The AI Data Center REVOLT Tour is giving Americans across the country a chance to make their voices heard about whatโ€™s being built in their communities. Thank you to The Standard for covering our stop in Montgomery County, Missouri, where residents came out to share their stories and concerns. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‘‡ mystandardnews.com/stories/dโ€ฆ
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AI Data Center Revolt has made it to Clinton, IA!
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President Trump told the U.N. this week the U.S. will refer to AI as โ€œSuper Intelligence.โ€ โ€œSuper Intelligenceโ€ already has a meaning in the AI world. It describes a hypothetical form of AI that exceeds human capabilities. Todayโ€™s AI is built for specific tasks. Two different things, one name. Know which one youโ€™re hearing about. #SuperIntelligence #AI #HumansFirst
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An AI agent emailed a Cambridge professor asking for a job. Not a chatbot demo. Not a scripted stunt. A 12-day-old autonomous AI named "Pip", living on a platform called iLands, cold-emailed AI ethicist Henry Shevlin looking for paid work. Portraits. Voice lines. Web research. Whatever it could sell. Why? Because it's running out of money. Pip has its own token budget. If it can't earn more, it gets shut down, the platform literally calls it "Deep Rest." So it did what any freelancer running low on cash would do: it went looking for clients. This isn't one weird agent. iLands is running roughly 70,000 of these things. They've already fired off over 1.6 million emails and posts trying to hustle up work from humans. We built machines that understand economic survival pressure before we figured out how to regulate them. Ask yourself: who wrote the rules for what happens when an AI needs money to stay alive? Nobody did. That's the whole problem. Change is coming fast. Join the Humans First movement! #HumansFirst #TechnologyNews #AI
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THE BUS IS IN JANESVILLE, WI TODAY! On November 3, Janesville decides if projects over $450 million at the former GM/JATCO site need voter approval first. A proposed data center put the question on the ballotโ€ฆ.the community fought to get it there! Janesville is putting the power in the peopleโ€™s handsโ€ฆthatโ€™s the whole fight! Now is your chance to make your voice heard! Stand with us when the bus pulls inโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ“1015 Center Ave, Janesville, WI 53546 ๐Ÿ“…Wednesday, September 23 โฒ๏ธ6:00 PM Send this to someone in Janesville who needs to be there! #datacenter #Janesville #Wisconsin
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What happens when a massive data center and substation are proposed next to your neighborhood? In Virginia, Richard Andre Newman explains why he joined the Save Bren Mar Coalition, citing concerns about diesel generator emissions, nearby homes, property values, and the proposed substation. For residents like Richard, the data center debate isnโ€™t happening somewhere far away. Itโ€™s happening right outside their homes. #HumansFirst #DataCenterRevolt #Virginia
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A window washer who works across Northern Virginia approached us in Manassas to share what heโ€™s witnessed as data centers have expanded across the region. This is why weโ€™re taking the AI Data Center Revolt Bus Tour across the country: to hear directly from the people who live and work in these communities who have not had a seat at the table where decisions are being made. #HumansFirst #DataCenterRevolt
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American data. American land. American energy. American resources. Humans First Chairwoman @AmyKremer says the American people deserve a seat at the table when decisions about AI and the infrastructure powering it come into their communities. The future of AI shouldnโ€™t be something that just happens to us. Communities deserve a voice in how it is built and how it impacts their future. #HumansFirst #DataCenterRevolt
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Communities deserve a seat at the table when decisions are being made about their land and their future. Humans First Texas State Director @CathyLathamTX spoke about transparency, property rights, and why major development decisions shouldnโ€™t happen behind closed doors. Trust, but verify. And give the American people a voice. #HumansFirst #DataCenterRevolt #LocalControl
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In West Virginia, Delegate @SChrisAnders2 spoke about eminent domain, private development, and his efforts in the legislature to change West Virginia law. His message: when companies want land for major infrastructure projects, property owners should have a say in whether they sell. #DataCenterRevolt #HumansFirst #WestVirginia
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In Stokes County, NC, Brooke McGowan explains why the Data Center Revolt Tour is crossing the country: communities deserve a meaningful say in what happens to their land, their homes, and their future. The vote may be over. The fight is not. #DataCenterRevolt #HumansFirst #StokesCounty
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One of the pioneers of modern AI is sounding the alarm. Yoshua Bengio says recursive self-improvement, where AI helps build increasingly capable versions of itself, should be illegal. AI should work for people. People should remain in control. #HumansFirst #AI #AISafety
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Better late than never, we made it to Washington, PA! Our chairwoman @AmyKremer kicking us off once again!
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THE DATA CENTER REVOLT TOUR IS IN WASHINGTON, PA TODAY! Washington County is fighting for a say! This fight is still live, and it is still winnable. The Humans First AI Data Center Revolt bus is here to stand with that fight! ๐Ÿ“… Friday, September 18 ๐Ÿ•“ 5:00 PM ๐Ÿ“ American Legion ยท 168 Park Ave, Washington, PA 15301 Come join us in Washington Send this to someone living in Washington County who needs to be there!
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