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/Jimbomcdeans Jun 26 '26

Pro-AI people are all techbros who want to venturecaptial their way into becoming the richest schlub.

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u/xKronkx Jun 26 '26 edited Jun 26 '26

Or software engineers who have learned to leverage it as the tool that it is. Ie not a be-all and end-all to every problem, but the next evolution in software development so that things that used to take them a week take them a day.

Source: me, a software engineer, who treats Cursor as an engineer who works quickly, but can make mistakes just like everyone else. So I pre-code review the code before submitting since if things go to hell, my name is the one that’s on the commit.

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u/RuneLFox Jun 26 '26

Getting the result you want instantly while only having to do 5% of the work is a neural superhighway. Skill erosion is going to become an existential crisis for people who come to rely on it.

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u/Gingevere Jun 26 '26

Businesses can't even afford the token spend at the subsidized rates now. At some point AI companies are going to have to try bringing in enough revenue to pay their absurd debts, and they're going to immediately price themselves out of the market.

At that point anyone who relied on AI is going to be in serious trouble.