Opinion | Big Tech Fooled America Once. The Second Time’s Not Going So Well. (Gift Article)

Excellent manifesto. "What, and whom, is technological progress for?"

“The American people afforded the technologists wide latitude to pursue disruptive innovation, trusting that we would share in the resulting gains. We instead found ourselves exploited.”

Big Tech Fooled America Once. The Second Time’s Not Going So Well. By Oren Cass Where most industries would be launching into crisis P.R. mode, perhaps even engaging in some soul-searching, artificial intelligence companies seem determined to plow full steam ahead building the future they want...

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“ #Customerservice encounters are becoming Kafkaesque adventures that leave us feeling powerless. All while #A.I.slop is filling inboxes and #socialmedia feeds and A.I.-enabled #scams seek relentlessly to trick us.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/o... #AI

NYT: In a forthcoming report on recent polling by American Compass, the think tank where I work, people said they would prefer a world in which they “must still work to support themselves and their families....”https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/opinion/ai-big-tech-america-politics.html

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I don't agree with everything in this commentary, but the key point is spot on: "[R]apid technological progress, especially in a democracy, can’t succeed without the public’s full belief that it will benefit." And AI isn't there now. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/o...

“Once known for our optimism and ambition in pursuit of new frontiers, Americans no longer trust that technological progress will make life better. Who can blame us? For the past two decades, Silicon Valley’s leaders have treated their fellow citizens like caged guinea pigs…”

There’s no good reason to trust them. We see them now. Big Tech Fooled America Once. The Second Time’s Not Going So Well. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/o...

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"We are at the start of the reckoning for an era in which innovation was less often done for ordinary Americans and more often done to them. People are rightly asking: What, and who, is technological progress for? The A.I. labs need an answer, fast."

"Mr. Altman wrote that for “many kinds of labor,” wages “will fall toward zero,”" Just one look at Sam Altman's face tells you you're discussing particle physics with beached algae. Why is he seen as such a prophet? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/o...

A long read, but one that crystalizes the environment we are in with AI, and asks questions such as: "What, and who, is technological progress for? The A.I. labs need an answer, fast." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/o...

I read every word. You should too. It's an excellent explanation of the existential risks we are currently trying to navigate under the leadership of an unstable, corrupt narcissist locked hard into his imaginary glory days at Studio 54. We gotta do better! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/o...

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The view on the AI problem from conservative writer — and champion of what he calls "democratic capitalism" — Oren Cass. Cass lays fault at the feet of Silicon Valley's titans of Big Tech, but he fails to indict the structural issues that led to their rise and dominance.

"Americans no longer trust that technological progress will make life better. Who can blame us? For the past two decades, Silicon Valley’s leaders have treated their fellow citizens like caged guinea pigs,..." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/o...

> Big Tech Fooled America Once. The Second Time’s Not Going So Well. > People are rightly asking: What, and who, is technological progress for? The A.I. labs need an answer, fast. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/o...

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"Some set of A.I.-enabled devices and processes would surely allow a hotel maid to clean more rooms faster with less hassle and physical strain." No, they won't and anyone familiar with that work would already know that. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/o...

“Once known for our optimism and ambition in pursuit of new frontiers, #Americans no longer trust that #technological #progress will make life better. Who can blame us?” #AI #datacentres www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/o...

The conservative case against feral AI--and for intensive regulation and taxation. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/o...

Oren Cass: Big Tech Fooled America Once. We won’t get fooled again. (meet the new boss…same as the old boss?)

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“This is precisely the kind of problem that democratic capitalism is designed to fix.” The author works for a conservative think tank. The conservative movement in the US has decided to use fascism to implement its program, which means that there is no more actual…🧵 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/o...

Americans need to continue their rage at corporations and big tech. It's working. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/o...

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A paragraph like this is both right AND a doorway into a whole separate piece examining how "tech is the heart of the new counterculture" shifted after Web 1.0, and how that shapes our expectations of what technology can/should do. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/o...

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This is a pretty good article from earlier today. It’s a little bit of how it’s going for them. But, unfortunately, as usual money will still probably win out.  www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/o...

A strange time, indeed, when I find myself nodding along with Oren Cass... www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/o...

"The A.I. companies seem content to unleash wave after wave of products that cause obvious harm while delivering the message that this is all inevitable." Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/o...

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"The A.I. companies seem content to unleash wave after wave of products that cause obvious harm while delivering the message that this is all inevitable and you can get on board or get left behind." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/o...

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Thoughtful article. Big Tech Fooled America Once. The Second Time’s Not Going So Well. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/o...

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“Silicon Valley’s leaders have treated their fellow citizens like caged guinea pigs, bombarding us with inappropriate and culturally corrosive content,..flooding schools with technology that hooked young users..and then sheltering their own children from the products that they marketed to ours.”

Opinion by Oren Cass on Data Centers www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/o...

The popular uprising against data centers has emerged so suddenly that politicians stumble over their own pitchforks racing to the front of the crowd. ... AI companies seem determined to plow full steam ahead, building the future they want, even if they’re the only ones who want it.

Where most industries would be launching into crisis P.R. mode, perhaps even engaging in some soul-searching, artificial intelligence companies seem determined to plow full steam ahead, building the future they want, even if they’re the only ones who want it.

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🧵 1/3 Preface: I am an AI skeptic. Thing is, AI has real nat'l sec implications. Effective pushback has to address them or AI will stay a legislative hot potato and development will just move where there's less local opposition. There are two approaches I can see. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/o...

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A recent NYT article noted how AI companies are saying "this is all inevitable and you can get on board or get left behind." Yes! I'll stay behind, as you jump over a financial cliff. F-D-C. F-D-T. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/o...

Big Tech Fooled America Once. The Second Time’s Not Going So Well. “Politicians stumble over their pitchforks racing to the front of the crowd. Where most industries would be launching into crisis P.R. mode, some soul-searching, AI companies seem determined..”1/4 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/o...

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We are at the start of the reckoning for an era in which innovation was less often done for ordinary Americans and more often done to them. People are rightly asking: What, and who, is technological progress for? The A.I. labs need an answer, fast. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/o...

GIFT #ValidFearsOfAI "The disaster can still be avoided if San Francisco and Washington accept that rapid technological progress, especially in a democracy, can’t succeed without the public’s full belief that it will benefit." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/o...

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Thoughtful take on where we are heading with AI. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/o...

Definitely worth reading. Gift article, no paywall. Big Tech Fooled America Once. The Second Time’s Not Going So Well. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/o...

A thoughtful piece about the relationship between AI tech companies & everyday people www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/o... #ai #openai #anthropic #ethics

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Here's a great opinion by a conservative writer. Will continued development of AI benefit humanity or will it just benefit the wealth of the already super rich? We regular Americans get to choose as long as we elect the correct people who can make the correct laws. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/o...

Silicon Valley’s leaders have treated their fellow citizens like caged guinea pigs, bombarding us w/inappropriate & culturally corrosive content, turning a blind eye to social dysfunction & outright addiction, flooding schools w/ technology that hooked young users www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/o...

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Very good, thoughtful op-ed on public backlash to tech/AI and how to move forward. The author is from a conservative think tank. Big Tech Fooled America Once. The Second Time’s Not Going So Well. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/o...

Big Tech Fooled America Once. The Second Time’s Not Going So Well. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/o... A long, thoughtful article on the negative effects of technology on the public. AI is intensifying the gap between the titans of technology and the ordinary people who make up most of society.

www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/o... "The technology titans exerted control over the American economy, drove much of its growth, and captured the resulting wealth, while acting with appalling disregard for the well-being of ordinary Americans and often conveying outright disdain for their way of life."

Interesting analysis Big Tech Fooled America Once. The Second Time’s Not Going So Well. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/o...

this is as solid a review of ai and the public's acceptance of it as i have read. covers several areas that need to be addressed. long but good. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/o...

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One of the best summaries of the problem I’ve read. I live in one of the largest data center clusters in the country and our city council just voted for a data center moratorium- the first in our state. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/o...

“A.I. companies seem content to unleash wave after wave of products that cause obvious harm while delivering the message that this is all inevitable and you can get on board or get left behind.”1/13

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When you’ve lost the chief economist of a conservative think tank: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/o...

I rarely agree with Oren Cass. But I do agree with much of what he has to say on AI here. Why are we doing this and for whose benefit? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/o...

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