AI Backlash Runs Deeper: Tech Industry Burned Its Social License for Years
clarejtbirch · x · 2026-09-21
Deepening her own analysis of the AI backlash, the author argues public animus toward AI isn't isolated but coupled to a broader anti-tech-industry stance fermenting for 10+ years — from negative perceptions of social media and big tech to Silicon Valley's ties to the 2024 election. Anti-AI content is the proximal cause, but the industry has burnt through far more of its social license than it realizes.
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