Microsoft, Google, and Meta allocated a combined $40 billion to capital expenditures in a single quarter of 2024, primarily to force generative models into everyday software. Yet, at public libraries across the United States, the most sought-after sessions are not coding bootcamps, but workshops titled "Avoiding AI."
This grassroots pushback marks a distinct shift in consumer behavior. For the past two years, tech conglomerates operating on Wall Street capital assumed that users wanted automated agents embedded