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Brian Barrett

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848 total appearances

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Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Why Is Meta In Crisis?; Google Search’s Makeover; AI Gets Booed by Graduates

I think there's an argument, don't boo me, that they're not wrong that this could be the next industrial revolution.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Why Is Meta In Crisis?; Google Search’s Makeover; AI Gets Booed by Graduates

But it's sort of like saying, so get ready to head into those factories, right?

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Why Is Meta In Crisis?; Google Search’s Makeover; AI Gets Booed by Graduates

Like it's the wrong message to the wrong set of people.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Why Is Meta In Crisis?; Google Search’s Makeover; AI Gets Booed by Graduates

It's the wrong tone, I would say.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Why Is Meta In Crisis?; Google Search’s Makeover; AI Gets Booed by Graduates

Yes, definitely the wrong tone.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Why Is Meta In Crisis?; Google Search’s Makeover; AI Gets Booed by Graduates

Kill me.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Why Is Meta In Crisis?; Google Search’s Makeover; AI Gets Booed by Graduates

Madness.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Why Is Meta In Crisis?; Google Search’s Makeover; AI Gets Booed by Graduates

There's actual statistics, I'll say, behind just how bad Gen Z feels about AI.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Why Is Meta In Crisis?; Google Search’s Makeover; AI Gets Booed by Graduates

A recent study from Gallup showed the percentage of respondents ages 14 to 29 who said they felt hopeful about AI declined down from 27% last year to 18%.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Why Is Meta In Crisis?; Google Search’s Makeover; AI Gets Booed by Graduates

Wow.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Why Is Meta In Crisis?; Google Search’s Makeover; AI Gets Booed by Graduates

That's very, very, very few people.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Why Is Meta In Crisis?; Google Search’s Makeover; AI Gets Booed by Graduates

ago.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Why Is Meta In Crisis?; Google Search’s Makeover; AI Gets Booed by Graduates

Quick thing on Greg Brockman, I think we should mention too, he is literally putting his money where his mouth is.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Why Is Meta In Crisis?; Google Search’s Makeover; AI Gets Booed by Graduates

He donated $25 million to MAGA Inc., which is the big Trump super PAC.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Why Is Meta In Crisis?; Google Search’s Makeover; AI Gets Booed by Graduates

There's real money in here in the pro-database side.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Why Is Meta In Crisis?; Google Search’s Makeover; AI Gets Booed by Graduates

There's less on the anti-database side, as these things tend to go.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Why Is Meta In Crisis?; Google Search’s Makeover; AI Gets Booed by Graduates

But it is like across party lines.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Why Is Meta In Crisis?; Google Search’s Makeover; AI Gets Booed by Graduates

The opposition is really interesting.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Why Is Meta In Crisis?; Google Search’s Makeover; AI Gets Booed by Graduates

You've got Democrats, you've got Republicans pushing back in a way that is going to make for some weird coalitions situation.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Why Is Meta In Crisis?; Google Search’s Makeover; AI Gets Booed by Graduates

One thing you mentioned, Alessandra, in this story that I thought was also, I hadn't thought through all the way, but it's not just people who are sort of being obsessed with this AI world and getting caught up in it.