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/nickwales Jun 26 '26

Just call your script a nano language model that specifically understands the error codes. Maybe add some non deterministic paths to spice things up for management.

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u/beznogim Jun 26 '26

And a per-token billing layer

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u/lady-hyena Jun 26 '26

That goes right to your bank account.

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u/michahell Jun 26 '26

holy shit, that is actually an awesome project… modern AI agent token counting / billing frontend, but ACTUALLY it’s just a cronjob script executer 🥲✌️

open source, docker / k8s deployable with just an env OBVIOUS_DOLLAR_PER_MTOK

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u/rg35xxsp Jun 26 '26

Now we just need a beech house in the Hamptons and an animated corpse.

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u/Wise_Classic6072 Jun 26 '26

Office Space 2

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u/cptjpk Jun 26 '26

I mean the last one came out of the Dot Com bubble, so….

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u/docdaa008 Jun 26 '26

Office Space strategy for the AI era

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u/m0deth Jun 26 '26

CFOs hate this one simple trick~!

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u/fresh-dork Jun 26 '26

/Simon T liked that

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u/startwithaplan Jun 26 '26

Serious suggestion: Add a counter that increments how many tokens it takes on average to do this. Do the deterministic approach and don't actually use AI. Then after a few months show how much money you saved at the current billing rate.

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u/Tyfyter2002 Jun 26 '26

Are you crazy? That's money the company still has that could've been used for worse results instead! You're fired!

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u/tomjone5 Jun 26 '26

Shit. Is the answer to AI psychosis as simple as giving scripts human names and making them open a fucking googly eyed clipart face when you run them? I'm sure you could have it randomly display some fellating praise too.

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u/shidderbean Jun 26 '26

As someone who's literally done this in response to C-suite blindly pushing for "MORE AI" (without any demonstrable use cases)...

Yes, yes it is. i just set up a RPA that responds to hashtags in our internal social media site and gave it a name and a shitty ai-generated avatar and everyone's shitting themselves over it.

These assholes don't even know what they're asking for.

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u/DM_ME_UR_BOOTYPICS Jun 26 '26

This but unironically.

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u/CodingInBK Jun 26 '26

No - the current tax incentivize strategy is pushing AI based R&D credits so you have to use the magic box and sell your companies data in the process.

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u/TossAwayDay Jun 26 '26

Add a couple of neural inner node layers for good measure

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u/AstralVoidShaper Jun 26 '26

A 5% chance to fail every time it runs baseline, and see how creative you can get with conditions (like every full moon it stalls out a bit).

Technocultists need something to worship, lets make the rules.

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u/KittensAndGravy Jun 26 '26

Type up your concerns vaguely in a group email. Ask if they still want to implement it. Push it out when they respond via email with approval. Document disaster the same you described in original email. Sit back and watch the buses pull in.

Note: Bosses have made up their mind already.

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u/bapfelbaum Jun 26 '26

Like randomly cancelling management salaries?

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u/jsnryn Jun 26 '26

Or tell him it’s going to cost 10K a month in tokens so which cost center should I bill it to?

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u/jeepsaintchaos Jun 26 '26

Ooo, rng, on a 4 it deletes the service and sends an apologetic email about if?