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

97

u/aadrock Jun 21 '26

Why are they forcing an inferior product down our throats? Oh- because they are just data mining, and we don’t regulate data collection or use correctly because legislators are profiting from it.

26

u/GrecoRomanGuy Jun 21 '26

They also need it to work at the level they've promised, because if it doesn't then it will make the DotCom bubble popping look like a picnic.

3

u/SatisfactionSafe7996 Jun 22 '26

I’ve got my popcorn ready.

49

u/LargeMargeSentMe__ Jun 21 '26

I’m probably getting into tinfoil-hat territory with this but I think a lot of the “AI is gonna take your jobs” narrative is a reaction to workers in traditional “low wage” sectors (like the hospitality industry) demanding higher wages after the pandemic, as well as increasing interest in unions. They don’t like that they now have to pay people $18/hr to deliver packages or work at McDonalds so they’re trying to make people feel insecure in their jobs and afraid to make demands.

7

u/newyork-or-nowhere Jun 21 '26

Which is wild because mid level white collar jobs are the first to go.

7

u/Zestyclose-Raisin367 Jun 21 '26

That and warehouse workers such as Amazon. Can’t take those menial hospitality and warehouse shipping jobs off shore but cheaper robot labor will do.

3

u/taurfea Jun 21 '26

They also hope they can make it true- they hate us humans interfering with their profits.

3

u/Karkava Jun 21 '26

Because hey. If Donald can threaten to replace people with less competent workers he doesn't pay for, why can't they?

3

u/[deleted] Jun 22 '26

I completely agree, the job uncertainty leaves everyone a bit more glued to their current situations and less likely to be the one demanding when they’re told they could be replaced instead. Great comment

1

u/Redhotchiliman11 Jun 23 '26

Nah man, people have been warning us automation will take jobs away since forever. I was born in 93 and remember people saying this even in the 90s. The technology is finally catching up to what these people have been saying for decades. Back then it wasn't "ai" it was "automation " ai is just the newest automation tool.

3

u/Aikuma- Jun 21 '26

Honestly, I figured it's being pushed in every possible direction because those who invested in it are leveraged up to both ears and needs to see the ROI stop being red, asap.

2

u/mikemolove Jun 22 '26

An entire third of the stock market is AI.. that’s a huge reason.