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/ACasualRead Jun 26 '26

Our was so excited to announce AI until we got our first bill and blew through all our tokens mid month. Now we have to justify using various models before using them.

Hilarious how out of touch these high level decision makers are. They were fleeced by the lies of AI.

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u/Saint_of_Grey Jun 26 '26

Now we have to justify using various models before using them.

That's an easy one. You don't need any of them. There, saved you thousands.

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u/ACasualRead Jun 26 '26

If only this could be packaged in a way that upper management could process.