Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 10 hours ago
Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Backlash against AI & specifically Sam Altman's comments about AI as a utility 2) Is this because people are worried about AI taking their jobs? 3) NBC poll shows AI is one of the least popular things in the U.S. 4) YouGov poll shows broadly negative feelings toward AI 5) Pew finds datacenters are very unpopular 6) Consequences of AI's unpopularity 7) Nvidia GTC preview: A rallying cry for AI 8) Could Jensen Huang be the guy that turns this around? 9) Amazon's AI code is messing things up 10) McKinsey's AI tool hacked 11) Meta can't get its act together with Avocado delayed 12) Should Meta's AI use Google's Gemini tech
Chapters:
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:00:20 - Discussion on AI Backlash
00:15:12 - AI Perception and Public Data
00:16:29 - AI Likability in Comparison to Other Entities
00:18:16 - AI Integration and Public Perception
00:19:38 - AI Perception and Usage Data
00:27:12 - AI, Jobs, and Data Centers
00:28:30 - Implications of Negative AI Perception
00:32:17 - AI's Impact on Job Creation and Productivity
00:35:54 - AI and Work-Life Balance
00:47:16 - AI Security and Job Creation
00:49:46 - Meta's AI Development Challenges
Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Backlash against AI & specifically Sam Altman's comments about AI as a utility 2) Is this because people are worried about AI taking their jobs? 3) NBC poll shows AI is one of the least popular things in the U.S. 4) YouGov poll shows broadly negative feelings toward AI 5) Pew finds datacenters are very unpopular 6) Consequences of AI's unpopularity 7) Nvidia GTC preview: A rallying cry for AI 8) Could Jensen Huang be the guy that turns this around? 9) Amazon's AI code is messing things up 10) McKinsey's AI tool hacked 11) Meta can't get its act together with Avocado delayed 12) Should Meta's AI use Google's Gemini tech
Chapters:
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:00:20 - Discussion on AI Backlash
00:15:12 - AI Perception and Public Data
00:16:29 - AI Likability in Comparison to Other Entities
00:18:16 - AI Integration and Public Perception
00:19:38 - AI Perception and Usage Data
00:27:12 - AI, Jobs, and Data Centers
00:28:30 - Implications of Negative AI Perception
00:32:17 - AI's Impact on Job Creation and Productivity
00:35:54 - AI and Work-Life Balance
00:47:16 - AI Security and Job Creation
00:49:46 - Meta's AI Development Challenges
