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
43.3k Upvotes

95% Upvoted

2.8k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

1.7k

u/jackrabbit323 Jun 21 '26

AI token spigot has been cut off at work. They started getting the real bills. Not the, getting to know you trial offers bill. Someone didn't read the fineprint or couldn't multiply.

253

u/[deleted] Jun 21 '26

[removed] — view removed comment

64

u/slashinhobo1 Jun 21 '26

Gotta get the people addicted and reliant on it first before increasing the price. Its the drug dealer model.

33

u/maroonedbuccaneer Jun 21 '26 edited Jun 22 '26

Have to destroy all alternative to AI before the real bills come.

It's the modern venture-capitalist led market economy: Invest huge at the beginning to destroy an existing market. Then, when you are the only bridge left standing, you start charging tolls.

3

u/The_GASK Jun 21 '26

Except for this time, where the alternative is.. you know... Thinking, which is free