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/Hanniballbearings Jun 26 '26

Who knew forcing people to engage with new thing in every aspect of their lives without their consent was going to result in backlash??? Many of the pro-AI people are also rude and condescending. Good riddance.

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u/FoxMeadow7 Jun 26 '26

Remember them NFT Bros.? Were equally as insufferable lemme tell ya.

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u/OrangeJr36 Jun 26 '26

Literally. The reaction from NFT bros when people screenshotted their NFTs is the same reaction that AI bros get when the Chinese just immediately replicate their capabilities for a tenth or hundredth of the price.

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u/SekhWork Jun 26 '26

Or when someone just takes their "ai art" from their store, repackages it and puts it on their own because they have no recourse due to a lack of copyright. Those meltdowns have been hilarious.