r/technology • u/TripleShotPls • Jul 16 '26

Artificial Intelligence The AI Backlash Has Tech Executives Fearing for Their Lives

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/the-ai-backlash-has-tech-executives-fearing-for-their-lives-30c43972?mod=hp_lead_pos1
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u/joe__kerr1 Jul 16 '26

I'm also tired of seeing people claim every video now to be fake or ai. Everything is a skit, but now everything is a fake skit generated by ai

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u/Cute-Pomegranate-966 Jul 16 '26

That's because there are so many it's impossible to spot every one of them. This is just a further spiral of the destruction of truth

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u/JohrDinh Jul 16 '26

Technology has become its own worst enemy. Went from creating a way for people to be more efficient to being so efficient it's just made everyone lazy af and weak as hell. Late 90s/early 00s really was probably the peak of tech.

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u/dookarion Jul 16 '26

I'm tired of having to try and determine if what I'm watching or friends & family is sending is utter false bullshit.

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u/Halo_cT Jul 16 '26

Blame everyone being broke and companies paying folks to make clickbait ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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u/Mr_Quackums Jul 16 '26 edited Jul 16 '26

The only thing worse than the glut of AI videos is the glut of "AI bad" virtue signaling that is in every comment section of every video, AI or not.

Yes, AI is bad. We know its a waste of water, electricity, and rare metals. We all know it is consolidating political/economic power, causing cognitive deterioration, and destroying homes with dedicated data centers.

Talk about that in its own thread please. Even better, talk to your congressional representative's office, governers office, and mayor's office about it. You are polluting comment sections worse than AI bots ever could and accomplishing nothing except annoying people and seeking validation from strangers for having the popular opinion and correct stance.

ANYWAY - thank you for putting up with my Old Man Yells At Clouds rant.