Hairdresser loves AI but rations use over viral "AI drinks water" memes
altryne · x · 2026-09-28
The author follows up with his hairdresser two weeks after getting her hooked on an AI assistant: she loves it but "only uses it a little" because social media told her AI consumes gargantuan amounts of water. His takeaway: mainstream AI doom stems less from real usage than from Instagram/TikTok narratives — actual utility is softening doomerism — while Alex Wang, Nat Friedman and others push back on the panic.
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