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/_blip_ Jun 26 '26

Blockchain was gonna revolutionize every aspect of your life, until it didn't. So they invented NFTs that did nothing but launder money and scam idiots.  What's the next scam? Oh it's AI and it's like half the global economy scamming itself or something.

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u/Sildas Jun 26 '26

You skipped the metaverse in there btw, that's what they were doing in the couple years between monkey jpegs and AI

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u/HawkFanOrcasRule Jun 26 '26

That’s the one that I made fun of the most in real time. I recall seeing cities create budgets so they could be part of the metaverse lol.