AI's bad rep comes from automating what people enjoy instead of improving lives
_RodolfoOcampo · x · 2026-11-07
The author argues that much of the generalized negative sentiment around AI stems from it being applied to the wrong things: automating and degrading activities people actually enjoy—shopping, traveling, group chats—rather than using the most transformational technology ever to genuinely improve people's lives.
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