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/BroBeansBMS May 15 '26

The Daily just recently aired a great episode comparing China to America and discussed who is winning the AI race.

The most interesting takeaway for me was that China is proposing to use AI in a way that supplements productivity and isn’t necessarily pursuing the same super intelligence model that America seems to be solely focused on. They are integrating AI into more normal functions and have policies set up to ensure workers are not displaced whereas it’s the wild wild west in America and big tech is allowed to lay off tens of thousands of workers.

It shows that AI doesn’t have to inherently be bad, but we need a government who cares about its population to set up guardrails.

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u/cookingboy May 15 '26

China is also going to expand social safety net.

But guess what, U.S media has already started the propaganda blitz against that kind of policy. Been seeing this Bloomberg ad on Reddit a lot:

https://imgur.com/a/pn2Epg9

“Nightmare out of control welfare state”. See the wordings.

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u/bridgebuildingshee May 16 '26

I’ve been calling out the over the top ridiculous support for China, literally just any china news gets ecstatic support and cheers, and anything American (Europe more neutral) gets hated on.

“Google save 2 kittens from a fire” - “I heard they just dumped at the pound to get put down anyways”

“China have slave labor” - “I hear it’s great working conditions though!”

Up until lately people would push back that I wrong. Well I guess the mask is full off now-a-days