Tech bubble underestimates how much ordinary people hate AI, warns SF founder
beffjezos · x · 2026-09-03
Varun Raman argues after scrolling TikTok that people in tech, especially in SF, badly underestimate public hostility toward AI: data-center water use, AI destroying art, job losses, and exaggerated AI incidents. He believes the real media opportunity is acknowledging and addressing these concerns — otherwise AI as a whole stalls.
Beff Jezos (Guillaume Verdon) responded dismissively, joking he'd just returned from scrolling the "Chinese psyop factory," implying the algorithm amplifies the negativity.
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