[softwaredoug]

Tech execs made choices that made the public hostile to AI. They told everyone they were going to lose their jobs a not participate in the upside (implication: they get all the wealth). They cozied up to a corrupt administration that stripped public benefits while enriching themselves (now from tax dollars). They forced towns to accept environmentally toxic data centers that take their water/power

We’re all going to suffer the economic consequences of being left behind in AI (and other fields) all because execs wanted to double down on privatize the gains / socialize the losses.

[philipwhiuk]

> They told everyone they were going to lose their jobs

They didn't just tell everyone, they stopped hiring and started firing despite already making double digit YoY profits.

[soundworlds]

Totally. As I've commented elsewhere, they thought it would be a great time screwing over artists and other culture works to make quick bucks and outrun the law.

Turns out that culture workers are a big chunk of who sets the narrative for the mainstream, and especially younger generations.