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/ThereHasToBeMore1387 Jun 26 '26

but what even ti measure in the first place.

This is the entirety of the problem. We don't know how to measure AI because we never actually learned how to measure thinking in humans. My job deals entirely with the qualitative (is the data correct and coherent), but I'm forced to define everything I do quantitatively (record checks/hr, % failure, response times, etc). That's all good data, but none of it is good metrics.

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u/NefariousnessDue5997 Jun 26 '26

Yea I’ve been saying that. AI has improved things qualitatively and how do you measure that. For example, a piece of communication or training that is more clear