India, July 16 -- July 16 is apparently AI Appreciation Day! If you didn't know, you're not alone. As CNET reports, the unofficial "holiday" was dreamed up in 2021 by a random LLC promoting a movie about artificial intelligence. Since then, tech companies have latched on, flooding social media with hashtags and praises for AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini.

But taking a day to celebrate AI? That feels off.

There is no denying that AI has become a part of daily life. It is in your phone, your search results, and your social media feed. OpenAI, Meta and Google have spent billions developing these systems. But dedicating a day to praise it, especially when so many people are still unsure about its consequences, feels tone-deaf.

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