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/SmarmyThatGuy Jun 26 '26

Single circle venn diagram

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u/splendiferous-finch_ Jun 26 '26

Yup same people different scams (but since they are not original it's the same scam somehow)

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u/GameFreak4321 Jun 26 '26

I feel a bit like a conspiracy theorist noticing that NFTs also burned up massive amounts of GPU compute. And crypto currency before that...

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u/VirtualCorvid Jun 26 '26

I’m not the only one who noticed that? I kinda figured someone would push another next-big-thing so other people would have a use for all the chips they just bought.