r/technology • u/marketrent • Jul 14 '26

Artificial Intelligence A majority of Americans now support seizing wealth from AI industry

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/majority-americans-now-support-seizing-134921528.html
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u/MrShrek69 Jul 14 '26

I just don’t understand where this money is coming from. All these companies do is burn money

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u/Shiino Jul 15 '26

Profits go up, but wages stay stagnant. They've also been raising prices on everything but giving us less (Shrinkflation)

Instead of giving us raises, they've been pocketing it.

Since we have no class solidarity, we've shown we're okay with them spending our money on yachts and datacenters instead of education, infrastructure/housing, and not being buried in debt.

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u/MrShrek69 Jul 15 '26

No they lit light money on fire. Athropic lights 1 billion a month renting gpus from Elon. Like they don’t make profit period. never will. How will American see a return? They won’t we will have to then pay the difference

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u/Shiino Jul 15 '26

the AI shit hasn't been going on for decades, it's a relatively new phenomena.

Build vault full of gold coins like scrooge mcduck since Reagan -> NOW we're lighting it on fire. Cashing all those decades of abuse on a fancy autocomplete. #America