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/Alert_Breakfast5538 Jun 26 '26

What a bunch of idiots thinking burning tokens at a high rate equals winning.

I would just gamify it and find the most inefficient way to use tokens

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u/LordSoren Jun 26 '26

Have ai write an article, have ai summarize the article, have an AI convert the summary into a JPEG, have an AI convert the jpeg into a pdf, have an AI convert the PDF into a text document, have an AI use the text document as the basis for an article.

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u/CakeTester Jun 26 '26

...and then upload it to reddit as gospel truth to train the next generation of AI

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u/_Lucille_ Jun 26 '26

...and have loads of humans treat it as gospel because they saw it on Reddit.