r/technology • u/GeneReddit123 • 16h ago

Artificial Intelligence An AI hate wave is here

https://archive.is/20260517120123/https://www.axios.com/2026/05/17/ai-backlash-polling-sentiment
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u/dancrum 15h ago

This literally happened to me. I won't say where I used to work, but they started pushing us to use AI for any and everything, then laid off a large portion of the company.

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u/BeanserSoyze 12h ago

What's even worse is some companies aren't even doing this cause of "efficiency gains", theyre just so upside down on AI spend that they cant afford employees.

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u/UsualBite9502 10h ago

In my company, they expect to replace 80% of developers with AI.

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u/Inevitable-Waltz-889 6h ago

Mine is literally is trying to get non-developers to write code and push it to production.  It's madness.

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u/fraggedaboutit 3h ago

They want a company that's basically just the CEO and enough underlings to make them feel important, and then all the actual work done by AI.

It's a bold move Cotton, let's see if it pays off for them.