NAACP calls for emergency shutdown of Musk's supercomputer in Memphis

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: NBC News

May 30, 2025, 5:45 PM EDT


Local regulators should immediately stop Elon Musk’s supercomputer project from operating in South Memphis because it's out of compliance with environmental rules, the NAACP wrote in a letter sent Thursday to Shelby County officials.

The civil rights group addressed the request to Dr. Michelle Taylor, director of the Shelby County Health Department, and to the commissioners of Memphis Light Gas and Water. The health department is responsible for implementing federal air regulations in Shelby County, which encompasses Memphis.

“Being the world’s richest man doesn’t give you the right to pollute Black communities and jeopardize the health of its residents,” NAACP president and CEO Derrick Johnson said in a statement to NBC News. “We urge the health department to step in immediately.”

When contacted, a spokesperson for Memphis Light Gas and Water said it had not received the NAACP letter and could not comment on it. Neither the health department nor xAI immediately responded to questions about the letter, which was also signed by the presidents of the Tennessee and Memphis chapters of the NAACP.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/naacp-memphis-musk-xai-colossus-rcna208589

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Link to LETTER (PDF viewer) - https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25957459-naacp-xai-mlgw-scdh-letter/

Link to LETTER (PDF) - https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25957459/naacp-xai-mlgw-scdh-letter.pdf

[OldBaldy1701E]

1. Like that slime ball cares... (n/t)

[NJCher]

2. Musk's feelings are the least

Of my concerns.

Maybe we can’t environmentally afford the services of Mr. Musk. Wouldn’t that just be too bad?

[OldBaldy1701E]

4. Indeed! (n/t)

[kkmarie]

3. Agree and It's not like any of them care

Spacenazi removed the regulations that hampered his businesses. Spacenazi also ramping up production of his rockets.

Because you know, no more pesky regulations. 😕

[Ford_Prefect]

5. Unplug and deconstruct it!

[Magoo48]

6. Yes, then present it to the SA government as a gift.

[ritchiev]

9. oh, you mean like they did to the Amazon forest?

a 4 lane highway for thier climate control agenda... https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9vy191rgn1o

[Ford_Prefect]

10. Evidently sarcasm and irony aren't your forte. I meant that literally: turn off Musk's Super Computer and the Turbines

AND demolish them all. Turning off and demolishing his pet project would be Ironic fair play IMO. Nothing he is doing will be good for us in the long or the short term.

He is the embodiment of the Mad Scientist obsessed with ruling the world using his monster AI. If it was up to me he'd be in prison or aboard one of his rockets leaving the planet permanently on a long slow trip, along with the entire DOGE crew of pirates.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

11. Welcome to DU

[Shipwack]

7. He's polluting like hell down here in Texas.

Lots of pollution and dumping around his SpaceX factory, not to mention all the toxic materials scattered into backyards when one of his penis ships explode.

Lord knows what’s going to go on now that he owns and runs an entire town.

Nothing matters; the proper people have been paid off.

[slightlv]

8. They actually wrote

That the dumb AI didn't reply to their ask? Jesus, are we going to make AI the next citizens and real people as in what they did for corps?

[LudwigPastorius]

12. Not that far gone, yet.

xAI is the name of the company.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XAI_(company)

[slightlv]

13. Oh, I see...

well, in the immortal words of Emily Littelo, Never mind. (gryn)