Microsoft and Blackrock have "have largely given up on organic adoption [of AI] by consumers. They have moved on to a new dream of forced adoption mandated by government and managerial coercion."

Fascinating piece here on what Davos can teach us about the AI industry by @mattseybold.bsky.social

January 29, 2026 - 12:38 UTC

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This panel had a very different tone at Davos, it's no like everyone there is on the same page, like everyone else in the world

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C9Gb3rVMTg
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I watched this and if this is the most negative AI discussion we're truly fucked. Sherry Turkle is the only one on this panel asking real questions instead of huffing hopium.
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I’m in corporate IT and it’s insane how much they push it on us. Bosses boss is a big evangelist for it. Spent 5 hours on required primer trainings and have to report by end of quarter how we used it in our daily work and any processes that could be scaled.
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Tell me about it! I had a complete meltdown in a meeting when my boss said they were considering cancelling all paid employee trainings since "everyone else can just as ChatGPT anyway!"
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"a new dream of forced adoption"

fucking make us - is their plan? fuck off.
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"capitalism is failing - but what if we FORCE it on them"

... these jokes write themselves.
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Kind'a show they gone full evil especially since they been making AKIs (Artificial Killing Intelligence) for war profits. It's yet another reason I switched to Linux.
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Not very "free market" of them!

Of course, that's hardly surprising.
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It's a great piece.
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I'm seriously thinking of switching to Linux
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Why haven't you already?
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The university I teach in has given over its weekly staff lunchtime research methods seminars to HOW TO USE THIS FUCKING SHIT.

Attendance isn't great.
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Looking forward to seeing a new batch of "Alternative To" websites.
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What can we do to help accelerate the explosion of the AI bubble?
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All that speculation saved by public money.
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That tracks. My company has its own chatbot and this week, I got replaced with Copilot.
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Fear my job will be also replaced soon.
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My worst fears coming true
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insert Ed Zitron 'Is this good?' meme
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definitely Ed Zitron knows his stuff
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No. Fuck you, make me.
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They’re going to be real upset when a market emerges for dumb, explicitly non-AI consumer electronics.
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I think this Mean Girls gif says everything I need to about this.
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