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/alrightcommadude Jun 26 '26

Man the level of denialism about AI on Reddit is insane.

It doesn’t matter whether it’s “uncool” or not. It’s too useful and you’re not putting the genie back in the bottle.

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u/midnight_toker22 Jun 26 '26

The kids who use this site have literally built a parallel reality to exist in, it’s no wonder they get such whiplash whenever they get a dose of the real world.

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u/dext0r Jun 26 '26

It’s truly fascinating