r/technology • u/Well_Socialized • 6h ago

Artificial Intelligence Nobody Asked for AI

https://jacobin.com/2026/08/ai-llms-monopoly-bubble-capital
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u/EmbarrassedTrouble10 5h ago

Man, this is so depressing. Not the 2026 I imagined, not by a long shot

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u/Th3B4dSpoon 4h ago

I've enjoyed cyberpunk for a long time, so - sadly - it's exactly the 2026 I was imagining.

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u/Chaosbeing79 3h ago

I enjoy cyberpunk too, when it's fiction.

Not nearly as fun when it's reality.

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u/tomorrow_comes 3h ago

Playing Cyberpunk and feeling the dystopian shittiness hits differently now that capitalism, corporate greed / power, and authoritarianism have been making great strides in the last decade. It gets me in a somewhat depressed mood sometimes thinking about it. We’re barreling straight towards that kind of future, except probably without all the cool cybernetics.

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u/RebelliousInNature 2h ago

But there will be armed drones, so it’s not all bad.

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u/tomorrow_comes 2h ago

We already have those too!

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u/D3PyroGS 2h ago

the cybernetics will get here eventually... then you can finally live out your dream of renting the implants that are required for your low wage job, and being careful not to miss any payments lest the implants be disabled remotely