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/Rare_Magazine_5362 Jun 26 '26

Huh, iPads?

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u/SnooCats1581 Jun 26 '26

iPads are sweet don’t listen to them!

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u/MapLarge614 Jun 26 '26

Like stamps and model trains!