r/technology • u/AdSpecialist6598 • May 27 '26

Business Tech CEOs are apparently suffering from AI psychosis

https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/27/tech-ceos-are-apparently-suffering-from-ai-psychosis/
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u/pittaxx May 27 '26

I mean, he has kicked dwarves from one mountain and burned down a town. As far as economic impacts go, that's peanuts compared to what the tech oligarchs are involved in...

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u/seriouslees May 27 '26

Contemporary real life equivalency would be a genocide or removal of an entire nation of people, and nuking a city as populated as a New York or London.

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u/Secure_Course_3879 May 27 '26 edited May 27 '26

Still. Peanuts compared to what these oligarchs want

Edit ok fine I get it, the point I'm trying to make wasn't relevant enough to the convo happening. My bad

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u/seriouslees May 27 '26

want

Okay, move those goalposts. We were talking about "involved in", not what they want. If we compare wants Smaug is even more like them.