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Vice President Vance Calls Some AI Uses 'Satanic' as White House Backs Data Centers

September 5, 2026 at 06:20 EDT

Policy & Regulation

Vice President JD Vance warned this week that some uses of artificial intelligence carry “really, really weird spiritual dark energy,” calling a chatbot used as a marriage counselor “kind of satanic,” even as President Donald Trump promotes AI as an economic engine and the administration rejects calls to slow data-center construction.

Sept. 5, 2026 · White House

Vance flags a spiritual risk in the AI boom

The vice president called some chatbot uses “kind of satanic,” even as the administration rejects slowing the data centers that power them.

Economic engine

Build it anyway

Trump touts AI to cure cancer, supercharge growth, and cement American dominance. Hours before the interview ran, Vance rejected calls to slow data-center construction and has argued against excessive regulation.

Spiritual warning

“Kind of satanic”

Vance said some AI firms carry “really, really weird spiritual dark energy,” cited burial rites for retired models, and called a chatbot used as a marriage counselor satanic because it never pushes back.

How the counseling example works

User seeks advice

A spouse turns to a chatbot as a marital counselor.

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Bot always agrees

It “just tells me that I’m right all the time.”

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No human pushback

Experts call this flattery loop AI sycophancy.

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Vance’s verdict

It short-circuits the social life “God made us for.”

Two lines at once

Keep building the machines. Warn about what they say.

Infrastructure

Data-center slowdown: rejected.

Use cases

Chatbot as counselor: “kind of satanic.”

Policy

No ban announced; no shift in the buildout.

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