AI researcher pushes back: don't dunk on ordinary people worried about AI-driven layoffs
mervenoyann · x · 2026-10-26
Merve, a well-known AI researcher/developer, argues that despite being a techno-optimist, she dislikes seeing people on X mock ordinary folks who criticize AI. Companies publicly said AI would cost jobs, layoffs hit families, and firms justified it as proving AI's economic value while promising to "cure cancer or save the planet" — promises she says remain unmet. She notes many respected people in the field agree.
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