Silicon Valley Doesn't Get Why You Hate AI

Silicon Valley is struggling to explain why public sentiment about AI keeps turning negative. The article argues that while CEOs including Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg and Anthropic’s Dario Amodei have tried to diagnose the issue, they may be missing what’s driving broader social discomfort. It points to marketing that amplifies “AI hate,” citing a commercial from Liquid Death and Garage Beer featuring Jason Kelce encouraging people to pee in bottles and send them to AI data centers. A Pew survey published this week found over half of Americans under 30 are more concerned than excited, and more than 70% across ages believe AI will lead to fewer jobs. Other polling shows concerns about relationships, creator compensation, and student critical thinking.