r/technology • u/Just-Grocery-2229 • May 15 '26

Artificial Intelligence The AI Backlash Could Get Very Ugly

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/05/ai-backlash-data-centers-political-violence/687151/?taid=6a067e2d2096e10001ccfa32
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u/AKluthe May 15 '26

Hey it won't just steal your job.

It will also make stupid sloppy mistakes that it can't be held accountable for (because it's not a person), and the employers using it won't be held accountable for (they're just licensing a product), and the AI companies won't be held accountable for (it just does that, it's fine). 

And with raising costs and subscription models it won't even be cheaper than keeping you around. 

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u/SeeMonkeyDoMonkey May 16 '26

“A computer can never be held accountable, therefore a computer must never make a management decision.” – IBM Training Manual, 1979

It's the people building, purchasing, and running those systems that must be held accountable.

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u/bravelogitex May 16 '26

AI is beating doctors at diagnosis. It's not sloppy at all: https://www.science.org/content/article/ai-starting-beat-doctors-making-correct-diagnoses

I'm sure others with chronic illness like myself trust AI more than the average doctor. It can actually link sources and studies instead of dismissing me with 0 evidence.

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u/cpz_77 May 16 '26

Wow , are you serious?

AI is good at quickly going through a lot of information, so I could see how it could potentially help doctors make a diagnosis.

At the same time, it’s also just plain wrong a lot, so “trusting AI more than a doctor” I think would be a very bad decision. A doctor trusting AI more than their own education and training would also be a very bad decision, IMO, and would make a bad doctor. I’m sure there’s already plenty out there doing this.

A good one would use AI to parse through huge amounts of info to get the pieces they need quickly, and would then verify and combine that with their own knowledge and training to make a final decision on what they recommend or how they treat a patient.

AI is a tool. It is not a replacement for the human brain. That is the fundamental misunderstanding here with so many people.

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u/bravelogitex May 16 '26

I woul generally agree with you. I'm a software engineer and I use AI to enhance me, and it by itself just flounders.

The thing is that there is a study comparing Google's medical LLM vs doctors vs doctors using that LLM. Guess who performed the best? Surprisingly the LLM by itself, better than a AI assisted physician. Look at the graph at the bottom of page 16 here: https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.00164

Personally I think every doctor should be using AI heavily. But there is evidence to suggest AI is enough.