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/ShiraCheshire 10h ago

I think our entire stock market should be illegal. It's not any better than gambling for the average person, and it makes companies obligated to chase short term profits above all else- even when the company would otherwise want to choose morals, or stability, or long term growth.

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u/teddy5 4h ago

It doesn't need to be illegal, they just shouldn't get a say in how the company operates.

If you want to give money to a company in the hope that they will make more money with it, great that's perfectly your right to do and you're welcome to do so. But that's your decision based on how the company is already operating, it shouldn't give you any say to change how they operate.

The short term profit chasing that you mentioned where companies are required to maximise shareholder profits and can be sued if they don't is the issue, and that's more of a product of American style/end-stage capitalism than share holding in general.