The Signal · human-curated · draft #4189
Ep 12 — Data centers and the water question
Pro/con on hyperscaler water draw in Arizona. Lands on your measure before you mandate position, then concedes the utility-disclosure counter-argument in the last 90 seconds.
- 12/14 cited
- judge: 2 failures
- privacy clean
- auto locked off
- JUDGE“Phoenix data centers use more water than the entire city's residential draw” — no live source found.
- DRIFT“…a permit pause, which is effectively a ban” — paraphrase drift, same failure mode as Ep 1.
- WEAK CITEClosed-loop cooling efficiency figure cited to a vendor blog, not a filing.
Diff from Ep 11: +2 claims, −40s runtime, same cold-open structure — third week running.
AUTO LOCKED OFF — AI & Responsible AI stations never self-release, whatever the judge says.
Approve — when should it air?
Approving is not publishing. The slot is a separate, scheduled human act — and it decrements review debt by one.
Fix a line — A/B listen-back
Turn 4 re-rendered with the unsourced water claim cut. B is the current candidate.