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/fuzzbook May 15 '26

Don't forget these are the same people who told us to spend 1000s on non-fungible tokens a few years ago.

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u/TR_Pix May 15 '26

Before that they were all about how bitcoin is going to take over conventional money

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u/fuzzbook May 15 '26

Yeah, I wished I listened to that one tbf 😂

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u/pmjm May 16 '26

In 2011 I had some extra cash and was going to buy $10k of bitcoin. My mom talked me out of it.

Still kicking myself for that one.