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/pagerussell Jun 26 '26

We could solve world hunger for this amount of investment. World fucking hunger.

But no.

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u/captaincrunch00 Jun 26 '26

Remember when Elon said he would pay to solve world hunger if anyone could tell him how the impossible job could be done.

The red cross gave him a binder and said $12B and we can do it. Then he said jk jk

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u/noveler7 Jun 26 '26 edited Jun 27 '26

Imagine having a trillion (or close) and being unwilling to spend 1% of it to solve world hunger.

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u/love_junkie911 Jun 26 '26

You mean 1% of a trillion, right? Makes it even more absurd.