Jonah Anthony

AI builder by night, Tinkering in Texas,
DM's are open, hit me up. ESP32, Sprite Games, random tools.
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[Jonah Anthony @ALL_Jonah]

@elonmusk Here we go, Grok + Grok BOT putting all my eggs in this basket.

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@bryann2k_dev Receipts?

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@MatthewBerman @bot @SpaceXAI We haven't scratched the surface even a little bit for Grok Bot for Mom's and household management. Massive low hanging fruit and if you get the right influencers behind it, it would be 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[Jonah Anthony @ALL_Jonah]

@owenthcarey 10000% Valid.

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@KKindiegame I'll review it for you. :-)

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@owenthcarey If you're wanted to play test an indie game I'm making and give feedback that would be cool. I can DM you a link. :-)

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My thoughts on Flock....@jason https://t.co/CjWr0ghYn3

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@Tvtig Dude! Super proud of you! Very happy for you, I'm about to launch into my own journey of doing an idie game, it's gonna be interesting.

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More Receipts:

DeKalb, IL — Meta: $76.75M in property taxes helped expand police/fire/services while lowering local homeowner tax burdens.

Kuna, ID — Meta: $100M+ water/wastewater investment adds infrastructure capacity for future homes and businesses.

Kansas City, MO — Meta: 1,500 peak construction jobs + 100 permanent jobs, alongside $1M+ for workforce and community programs.

Henrico County, VA — Meta: 1,500+ construction and 200+ permanent jobs, plus major renewable-energy development.

Newton County, GA — Meta: 1,300 construction + 200+ permanent jobs while Meta-funded utility upgrades add capacity for county growth.

Montgomery, AL — Meta: 1,000+ construction jobs, permanent employment, and new robotics, cybersecurity and technical-training programs.

Aiken County, SC — Meta: 1,000+ construction jobs plus new coding labs, makerspaces, AI training and business-development programs.

Rosemount, MN — Meta: 1,000+ construction jobs, permanent employment, school investments and a larger future property-tax base.

Prineville, OR — Data Centers: Data-center electricity fees produced $8.19M in 2024—63% of the city's tax base, supporting services and infrastructure.

Lancaster, PA — AI Hub/CoreWeave: $20M community-benefits agreement + $80M+ in regional subcontracts, heavily utilizing local labor.

Madison County, MS — AWS: 1,000 direct jobs are projected to support 2,700+ additional annual jobs through suppliers and local spending.

Louisa County, VA — AWS: Projects are projected to produce $25M+ annually in county revenue, funding infrastructure and public priorities.

Fayetteville, GA — QTS: Project estimates indicate potentially $150M–$200M annually in property taxes plus major sales-tax revenue if fully built.

Henderson, NV — Google: $4.7M+ in water projects improve regional conservation, treatment technology and water resilience.

Storey County, NV — Google: 2,500+ construction jobs with roughly $94M in projected long-term tax revenue.

Richmond County, NC — AWS: 500 skilled jobs + thousands of construction/supply-chain jobs, plus a new fire station reducing response times and potentially insurance costs.

Lebanon, IN — Meta: 4,000 construction + 300 permanent jobs, $120M+ in infrastructure and $20M in household energy assistance over 20 years.

Tulsa, OK — Meta: $25M+ in road/water improvements plus a training pipeline expected to produce 200+ skilled graduates annually.

Pecos, TX — Microsoft: 6,000+ peak construction jobs plus hundreds of permanent positions could significantly diversify the local economy.

San Antonio, TX — Microsoft: Data centers have supported billions in regional economic activity; one Microsoft operations job is estimated to support roughly 3.6 additional local jobs.

Douglas County, GA — Google: Georgia data-center activity supports thousands of jobs and major labor income while funding workforce and water-efficiency programs.

$2.34 BILLION+ IN DIRECTLY IDENTIFIABLE LOCAL BENEFIT

That deliberately excludes:

Most construction wages
Most permanent employee wages
Restaurant/hotel/retail spending
Most subcontractor multiplier effects
Increased property values
Future recurring tax payments
Many infrastructure upgrades without published dollar values
Household tax savings
Insurance savings
Workforce-development value
New businesses attracted by upgraded infrastructure
The value of additional electric, fiber, road, water and sewer capacity

It also excludes the actual cost of the data centers themselves. A $10B data center is not counted as a $10B community benefit.

The conservative economic impact we've been able to document from only 46 data-center communities is already approaching the annual economic contribution of the entire U.S. apparel and leather manufacturing industry.

[Jonah Anthony @ALL_Jonah]

You said "if every day people were benefiting from AI and data centers but they’re not." So, you are shifting the goal posts as I showed not only construction jobs but also significant investment and monetary benefit to the community from these projects.

So those benefits are not enough?

"Almost zero jobs" is hand-waving.

Some examples:
Fort Worth, TX — Meta: The campus supports 200+ operational jobs.
New Albany, OH — Meta: The campus supports 300+ operational jobs.
Sarpy County, NE — Meta: The campus supports 300+ operational jobs.
West Des Moines, IA — Microsoft: More than 400 full-time data-center employees were reported locally.

Your anecdote compared to mine is inadequate.

Receipts?

[Jonah Anthony @ALL_Jonah]

@mreflow My Thoughts:
https://t.co/JzGAxPATGc

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If you think "AI alignment" is about stopping Skynet, you're missing the actual threat. https://t.co/OwT5Sfb2cN

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Richland Parish, LA — Meta Hyperion: More than $1.6B in contracts reportedly awarded to Louisiana businesses.

Richland Parish, LA — Meta Hyperion: Construction-linked tax growth helped fund teacher bonuses up to $50,000.

Memphis, TN — xAI Colossus: xAI says it has generated tens of millions in local tax revenue.

Memphis, TN — xAI Colossus: Thousands of subcontractors hired, with xAI reporting roughly 80% of local workers from Memphis.

Abilene, TX — Stargate: About 9,000 construction jobs reported during the AI campus buildout.

Abilene, TX — Stargate: New property-tax revenue is supporting schools and downtown redevelopment.

Mount Pleasant, WI — Microsoft: Nearly 10,000 construction workers contributed to the first facility.

Mount Pleasant, WI — Microsoft: Nearly 550 full-time employees were onsite when the first facility opened.

New Carlisle, IN — AWS: Regional officials report 1,056 full-time AWS employees.

New Carlisle, IN — AWS: AWS distributed $250,000 to 31 local community projects.

Temple, TX — Meta: Construction supported about 1,200 skilled-trade workers at peak.

Temple, TX — Meta: More than $1.7M in grants went to Bell County schools and nonprofits.

El Paso, TX — Meta: More than 2,300 construction workers were onsite by mid-2026.

El Paso, TX — Meta: Meta provided a $500,000 STEM/skilled-trades grant to local public schools.

Pryor, OK — Google: Nearly $1.5M in STEM grants went to northeast Oklahoma education programs.

Pryor, OK — Google: Google helped provide free public Wi-Fi throughout Pryor.

The Dalles, OR — Google: One facility generated about $9.8M in taxes and negotiated fees in 2025.

The Dalles, OR — Google: Google transferred a roughly $28M water-storage system to the city.

Council Bluffs, IA — Google: Google's data-center operation employs about 900 people.

Council Bluffs, IA — Google: Google contributed $1.3M to regional water-quality improvements.

Jackson County, AL — Google: The campus supports hundreds of full-time jobs.

Jackson County, AL — Google: Google donated $550,000 for STEM kits in local schools.

Hermiston, OR — AWS: Amazon made a $5M community development contribution.

Hermiston, OR — AWS: The campus paid more than $3.1M in enterprise-zone and property-tax payments in 2025.

Boydton, VA — Microsoft: Microsoft helped install free public Wi-Fi in the community.

Boydton, VA — Microsoft: Regional training programs received $1M+ in hardware plus scholarship funding.

Cheyenne, WY — Microsoft: Existing operations employ 320+ full-time workers.

Cheyenne, WY — Microsoft: Microsoft contributed $11M+ to the Laramie County tax base in 2025.

West Des Moines, IA — Microsoft: More than 400 full-time data-center employees were reported locally.

West Des Moines, IA — Microsoft: Data-center-driven tax increment helped fund $200M+ in roads, sewer, water and bridges.

Huntsville, AL — Meta: The campus supports 300+ operational jobs.

Huntsville, AL — Meta: More than $1.9M went to local schools and nonprofits.

Forest City, NC — Meta: Redevelopment created hundreds of IT and construction jobs.

Forest City, NC — Meta: The facility became Rutherford County's largest tax-revenue source at the time documented.

Altoona, IA — Meta: The campus employs about 400 full-time workers.

Altoona, IA — Meta: Meta has contributed roughly $5M to the local community.

Sarpy County, NE — Meta: The campus supports 300+ operational jobs.

Sarpy County, NE — Meta: Grants supported coding, robotics, skilled trades and workforce programs.

Los Lunas, NM — Meta: Meta funded a $225,000 free-Wi-Fi project serving up to 900 homes.

Los Lunas, NM — Meta: Local water-restoration projects restored about 64M gallons to New Mexico watersheds.

Mesa, AZ — Meta: The operational campus supports 200+ jobs.

Mesa, AZ — Meta: Meta contributed about $300,000 to Mesa College Promise for education and workforce access.

Eagle Mountain, UT — Meta: The campus supports 300+ operational jobs.

Eagle Mountain, UT — Meta: More than $1M in grants went to 109 Utah County projects.

Gallatin, TN — Meta: Construction averaged about 1,100 skilled-trade workers at peak.

Gallatin, TN — Meta: Meta gave $250,000 toward restoring a historic gym into a community hub.

New Albany, OH — Meta: The campus supports 300+ operational jobs.

New Albany, OH — Meta: A Meta/Ohio State STEM initiative is designed to reach 16,000+ students annually.

Fort Worth, TX — Meta: The campus supports 200+ operational jobs.

Fort Worth, TX — Meta: More than $5.2M in grants went to Tarrant County schools and nonprofits.

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@michaelmalice My situation...

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@MattWalshBlog Matt you need to look into this further, lotta inside baseball going on here.

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@techbyhez I saw your post! Yeah it feels like a constant grind. But it's fun.

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@Sosowski @PixelLeonard In your opinion are some games "harder" to clone through vibe coding? Added Lore? Deep Story? Complex animations? Complex environmental interactions?

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@pramodk73

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This is very true, and I feel so early and late at the same time in all of this.

https://t.co/SJYSb4dKBi

[kache @yacineMTB]

I cannot believe how much work hasn't been automated

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My response to @theo , also I do like Theo and appreciate his perspective and tests on all matters AI.

https://t.co/DNCRVUDhrI

https://t.co/bAICCcf6DL

[Theo - t3.gg @theo]

fwiw, I don't think we need to slow down AI development.

I think we need to allocate more resources to alignment.

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If you think "AI alignment" is about stopping Skynet, you're missing the actual threat. https://t.co/OwT5Sfb2cN

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Maybe true believers are in fact the most "convincing"...@theo regardless, would you agree that Anthropic and OpenAi are really pushing for a closed oligopoly that regulates Ai so they rule all? If so, this serves their purposes either way. @Teknium thankful for the @NousResearch research folks that are a counter to this.

[Theo - t3.gg @theo]

I understand why people are concerned with Jacob's tweets but I cannot fathom how anyone would say that he is faking it or doing it for clout or that it's some type of psyop.

It's incredibly clear reading this that Jacob believes the things he is saying. He is very well regarded amongst the AI research community. His statements have been backed up by various people in industry, including his coworkers at Anthropic. He has way more to lose than he has to gain here.

I think we should take the opportunity here to listen and learn rather than assign some ulterior motive to him.