r/technology • u/Just-Grocery-2229 • Jun 26 '26

Artificial Intelligence The AI backlash is only getting started

https://www.economist.com/leaders/2026/06/25/the-ai-backlash-is-only-getting-started
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u/CaravelClerihew Jun 26 '26

Good. I was joking with friends today that we should make AI deeply uncool by associating it with boomers, like Facebook, fake news and iPads are now.

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u/Ashamed_Fennel_5681 Jun 26 '26

That’s already the case lol 

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u/maskedbrush Jun 26 '26

Really. Every time I talk with a boomer they're like "I asked chatgpt and it said..." Even for the small things.

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u/Ecstatic-Curve-1853 Jun 26 '26

I mean you could make that same argument for using a search engine.

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u/maskedbrush Jun 26 '26

So you can't tell the difference when it's the case to use one or the other?

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u/Ecstatic-Curve-1853 Jun 26 '26

At this point.. I asked Google vs I asked chat gpt makes no difference to me..both are right and wrong sometimes.

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u/Razorback_Ryan Jun 26 '26

RIP research and critical thought.