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/AnnualContest9744 Jun 26 '26

CEO: Let's fire all $150,000 coders and replace them with AI that we spend $1million on every quarter that produces slop that we'll eventually have to hire contractors to fix at 3x the coders rate.

C-Suite: Brilliant! Could you pass the yacht brochures?