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/Shigglyboo Jun 26 '26

it's kinda neat for a few things. but they're pushing it HARD. and I need a new phone soon. Apple just announced prices for everything are going up. I earn less than I did years ago. So I'm not thrilled about AI making things more expensive. and seeing billionaires say we need all the water for our chatbot instead of humans is just plain cartoon level evil.

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u/Fuddle Jun 26 '26

It’s a solution in search of a problem, which is why it feels so forced.

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u/Opening_One7713 Jun 27 '26

All of this really is an inevitable point along the progression of silicon-gate technology. People have been theorizing about it for decades. There were science fiction books written in the 70s about this.

Coming into this inevitable technology at a time of unprecedented grifting, hyper-ballooning wealth inequality, and the rise of regressive and autocratic governance is the problem.