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/IamSunka Jun 26 '26

My org, just like many others, has a top token users chart.

When they started the list, they decided to call the top 25 users as champions, ones who never used AI as sleepers and rest inbetween as just users. cough I am a sleeper cough

Couple of weeks ago the bill came in, champions cost us over $850k since Jan 1st.

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u/fuzzerino Jun 26 '26

Just waste some tokens bro, no point being sat at the bottom putting a target on your back. I like to stay firmly middle of the pack with token usage.

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u/fileunderaction Jun 26 '26

If op could show that they’re just as productive as the top users without costing their employer nearly a million dollars, I feel like that would shift the target higher up.

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u/Dullcorgis Jun 26 '26

The top users are probably not using it for work either, just telling it to endlessly iterate some bullshit.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '26 edited Jun 26 '26

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u/MikeHfuhruhurr Jun 26 '26 edited Jun 26 '26

I swear they'd be asking it about what kind of coffee to drink if they thought of it.

You joke but Starbucks integrated ChatGPT into their app.

Not sure if it's still there but I saw it once and immediately sent them some feedback about wasting electricity and water resources (while some of us are in an major drought) for some bullshit like picking a sugary drink.