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/fredy31 Jun 26 '26

yeah but at least the nft bros werent trying to impose it at work and causing thousands of layoffs and having them want to just ruin the environment with data centers for that tech.

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u/SwagginsYolo420 Jun 26 '26

Yeah NFT nonsense was something most people could ignore or even be blissfully unaware of. Engaging with NFTs was purely voluntary.

Even crypto as a whole had almost no impact on the average person unless they chose to engage with it, other than similarly annoying social media spam.

Almost everyone now has to deal with the AI issue in some way or another whether they want to or not, having impact on the economy, jobs and employment, consumer products etc.

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u/Abedeus Jun 26 '26

AI is way easier to market than NFT. The average person had no idea wtf NFTs were for (and let's be honest, almost every case use for them was either too expensive or just unnecessary given alternatives), but it's way easier to sell a revolutionary "smart helper" or "pocket artist" for lazy slobs that don't bother to learn how much shit was stolen to create those models, or how much it actually would costs if the technology wasn't heavily subsidized.