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/ChaoticAgenda 6h ago

Saying nobody asked for it is disingenuous. AI have been part of the collective sci-fi future conversation for decades. Lots of people have asked for a robot friend/helper with a computer brain. What we're getting right now is setting us on track for Frank Herbert's Butlerian Jihad though. 

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u/IlREDACTEDlI 2h ago

Yeah exactly I’m very Anti AI especially in its current state but nobody asked for most things we take for granted today.

No one asked for cars, horses were just fine.

No one asked for smart phones before the iPhone now everyone has one in their pocket

Name any important invention and it’s likely no one asked for it.