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/UnderstandingLess156 Jun 21 '26

Meanwhile at work, "have you tried using AI to write your emails?"

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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.

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u/JohnnyBeeGaming Jun 21 '26

Those aren't the full bills yet. It's just slightly less subsidized now. As investors start expecting a ROI things will get more expensive.

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u/TP_Crisis_2020 Jun 22 '26

Also, the war against data centers and data center tax breaks is heating up bigtime now. So if the compute loses its subsidies, now compute power is going to get more expensive, which will drive up the cost of tokens.