Is the backlash against AI actually backlash against the technology itself?
Largely no. Polling and commentary suggest the anger targets how AI is being deployed — recklessly, without consent, oversight or liability — not the underlying mathematics. People are frustrated with corporate leaders forcing unreliable systems into their lives, not with machine learning as a field.
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