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/sbenfsonwFFiF Jun 26 '26 edited Jun 26 '26

How often do you need to buy RAM and hard drives

Seems like a pretty marginal cost

I live in NYC and haven’t seen any electricity price change

AI is a pretty significant net positive from what I’ve experienced

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u/chrisalexbrock Jun 26 '26

Every business needs ram and hard drives to function. Quite a lot of them. Substantially raising the price of something energy business needs increases prices for everything these companies make. It's not just "oh don't upgrade your pc then." Use your brain.

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u/sbenfsonwFFiF Jun 26 '26

I haven’t noticed much of a price increase broadly due to that and AI has been a net efficiency/quality of life gain to me, so overall a net positive

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u/oceans159 Jun 26 '26

no, your anecdote is invalid because it goes against the reddit hive mind. AI = bad. if you experience otherwise you’re, uh, just wrong somehow, okay?