AI researcher calls out X users for dunking on people angry about AI-driven layoffs
mervenoyann · x · 2026-10-26
AI blogger mervenoyann says that despite being a techno-optimist, she dislikes seeing X users mock ordinary people criticizing AI: companies promised AI-driven job losses, layoffs happened, and families are affected. She argues that firms justified layoffs as necessary to prove AI's economic value while promising to "cure cancer or save the planet" — neither delivered. People working in AI may profit, but others lost both income and a sense of purpose. Her point: no need to console everyone, but dunking on a frustrated public only worsens the field's already poor image.
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