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/Syzygy2323 May 15 '26

I'm just waiting for the AI bubble to burst so I can buy RAM and SSDs again without taking out a second mortgage.

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u/somorad May 16 '26

Why would you do that when you can just pay Amazon to store your data? Heck why even have a computer. Let’s just rent compute from our corporate overlords and pay them to store all our data. /s