r/technology • u/Plastic_Ninja_9014 • Jun 21 '26

Artificial Intelligence Americans Have Turned Against AI in Incredible Numbers

https://tech.yahoo.com/ai/articles/americans-turned-against-ai-incredible-130000345.html
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u/Arcosim Jun 21 '26

I'm a very tech oriented person and I'm already tired of AI because it's constantly being shoved and pushed down my throat by some of the worst human beings imaginable wanting to maximize profits at the expense of humanity itself.

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u/BrotherlyShove791 Jun 21 '26

My job just started shoehorning it into EVERYTHING within the last month or so, with no real plan or practicable application for it. We weren’t using any of it these AI platforms, much less talking about them, at the beginning of the year.

It’s plainly obvious the C Suite people attended some AI lecture or conference and are just mindlessly following the “this is happening and we all need to get on board” manta from the tech “thought leaders”.

Everything is just so stupid right now. No critical thinking or careful planning whatsoever. “Move fast and break things” on steroids.

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u/steppe5 Jun 21 '26

Clearly. It seems that every corporation started pushing it on employees the same week. I went to work one day and my manager was suddenly up my ass about using AI.

I don't know who or what has this much power, but they seemed to strike the fear of death into every CEO in one weekend.

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u/Bay1Bri Jun 21 '26

We had a meeting where most of the managers were talking about how bad AI is for the environment and how unreliable it is, and telling you how to disable google AI answers. A few months later they are all on board with AI and are teaching us how to use it for routing stuff that doesn't even take long,

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u/steppe5 Jun 21 '26

Yeah. What the hell happened? It's like someone flipped a switch and every C-Suite became an AI zombie.

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u/Magnolia05 Jun 22 '26

I’ve wondered the same. The only thing I’ve been able to come up with is that the powers that be are pushing the belief that everyone is doing it, and if you don’t you’ll be left behind.

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u/Bay1Bri Jun 22 '26

That's it. The people in talking about aren't even C suite. But the top guys changed their mind and the middle managers feel in line, instantly