AI backlash, from the read the room/Picard face-palm files.

Thu, 21 May 2026 06:28:54 +0200

The normies don’t like AI, esp. The Kids:

They’re being told, usually by people who already have theirs, that they should be more excited about the latest evolutions in software automation. “Why aren’t you more interested in nuanced conversations about the latest evolutions in software automation,” fans of the latest evolutions in software automation will ask.

And:

I’m sure we’re due for a few Atlantic and New York Times brunchlord opinion columns condemning young graduates for not being appreciative enough of consumer-culture innovation.

Not only does the tech take away their cash before they already have, but the people doing are casually throwing off weird-to-reprehensible vibes:

They’ve watched tech oligarchs spend the last decade mired in scandal after scandal, hype cycle after hype cycle, steadily enshittifying everything they touch along the way. They just got done watching our top tech titans _eagerly_cozy up to the most virulently racist, corrupt bastards U.S. government has ever seen.

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AI backlash, from the read the room/Picard face-palm files.