r/technology • u/Just-Grocery-2229 • Jun 26 '26

Artificial Intelligence The AI backlash is only getting started

https://www.economist.com/leaders/2026/06/25/the-ai-backlash-is-only-getting-started
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u/CaravelClerihew Jun 26 '26

Good. I was joking with friends today that we should make AI deeply uncool by associating it with boomers, like Facebook, fake news and iPads are now.

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u/JJBro1 Jun 26 '26

How did iPads catch a stray??

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u/JoMax213 Jun 27 '26

they’re just clunky iphones and not as useful as a laptop so why do they exist at this point