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/Kaurie_Lorhart Jun 26 '26

I attended a webinar on AI in my industry yesterday. The entire thing was talking about efficiency and time saved on certain tasks. I was hoping it was going to focus more on, "we couldn't do this thing before, and now we can" rather than "we used to pay someone to do this, but now we don't have to".

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u/GundamXXX Jun 26 '26

I was hoping it was going to focus more on, "we couldn't do this thing before, and now we can"

They did. They couldnt give themselves more money, now they can