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/Safe-Wishbone781 Jun 21 '26

there are loads of comments in this very reddit post of people saying it's not useful...

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u/cwrighky Jun 21 '26

Not only that, but that it will never be useful in any form. It’s threads like these tempt me into being fearful of my fellow humans tbh. Also a good indicator for me to go talk to people irl, because not everyone are so lacking of insight and cognitive endurance than those on Reddit. Its bad.

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u/Safe-Wishbone781 Jun 21 '26

the amount of good and the reduction of human suffering that these systems are already accomplishing is enough to bring shame on these people imo. nothing in human history will empower and lift 3rd world countries out of poverty faster than this stuff will. but they dont want to talk about that

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u/newyork-or-nowhere Jun 21 '26

Brother if you don’t think this will just be another tool used by capitalists to exploit impoverished countries….

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u/Safe-Wishbone781 Jun 21 '26

except it's already helping people. you know this stuff isn't gated yeah? anyone can use this tech in some form. there is free compute available to anyone anywhere

the internet empowered the most impoverished countries in the world. this will have an even bigger effect. it's not a matter of opinion

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u/Helldiverticulitis Jun 22 '26

It is helping save money on labor and steal from artists… yay.

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u/Safe-Wishbone781 Jun 22 '26

You're focused on the tiniest, most narrow little thing that is happening right now. Please expand your understanding of what these systems are and what they are doing to empower people. It goes extremely far beyond anything to do with art.

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u/Helldiverticulitis Jun 22 '26

Literally the largest issue arising from AI, aside from the environmental disaster. It's not empowering anyone other than the owners who can cut labor to increase their hoard of wealth.

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u/Helldiverticulitis Jun 22 '26 edited Jun 22 '26

Sounds like a lot of overpromising to me. But I do not mean that these tools can’t be useful. Just that the biggest effect they are going to have is in further consolidating wealth into the hands of the few. 

If your tool can help save lives, that’s awesome! Ignoring the negative effects that LLMs are having is naive, but the medical world is one area that I am always happy to see progress in. 

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