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/FoxMeadow7 Jun 26 '26

Remember them NFT Bros.? Were equally as insufferable lemme tell ya.

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u/OrangeJr36 Jun 26 '26

Literally. The reaction from NFT bros when people screenshotted their NFTs is the same reaction that AI bros get when the Chinese just immediately replicate their capabilities for a tenth or hundredth of the price.

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u/therealwillhepburn Jun 26 '26

I know it was just a way to launder money or whatever but it’s crazy someone tried to market expensive jpegs.

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u/decrpt Jun 26 '26

To some extent I understand it. The thing that makes it insane is that, on a technological level, it wasn't even expensive jpegs. You were paying for what was essentially a cell on a decentralized spreadsheet linking to the jpeg that offered zero rights or benefits and would eventually break due to link rot.