‼️ Could large language models turn out to be the tech industry’s Vietnam? All In’s @jason notes below that today’s students are speaking ou…

‼️ Could large language models turn out to be the tech industry’s Vietnam? All In’s @jason notes below that today’s students are speaking out against AI, just as students in the 60s and 70s spoke out against the Vietnam war. But I think the analogy might run deeper. In the Vietnam war, the US invested massively in a huge, disastrous campaign that drained resources and achieved nothing, fueled by arrogance; the war moved forward for years despite evidence that it wasn’t working as planned. Could the multitrillion dollar investment in AI, burning money at unprecedented rates, and still struggling with hallucinations, unreliability and misalignment – even after massive investments, turn out to be another epic arrogance-fueled mistake? AI is Gen Z’s Vietnam: they want nothing to do with it and they are vocally opposing it — small to no chance they stop it, but a trend worth monitoring.

Source: Gary Marcus (X) | 2026-05-20