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Reese Witherspoon posts 55-second video encouraging mothers to learn basic AI skills and notes that only three in ten women currently use the tools

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NYT publishes op-ed criticizing the video shared by Garry Tan

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The NYT is predictably tearing down Reese Witherspoon for encouraging moms to try AI before they ingest the anti-AI pablum as truth Instead of linking to the NYT op-ed, I think you should watch this video and encourage you to follow Reese Witherspoon on Instagram

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The NYT is predictably tearing down Reese Witherspoon for encouraging moms to try AI before they ingest the anti-AI pablum as truth

Instead of linking to the NYT op-ed, I think you should watch this video and encourage you to follow Reese Witherspoon on Instagram

1:35 PM · May 18, 2026 · 863.1K Views

Reese Witherspoon says: Learn AI, it will help your career. Give it a shot, your kids, do, it's time.

NYT ivory tower nutjob says: Reese Witherspoon telling 30 million women "learn AI" is class betrayal.

Think about how insane that is.

Garry TanGarry Tan@garrytan

The NYT is predictably tearing down Reese Witherspoon for encouraging moms to try AI before they ingest the anti-AI pablum as truth Instead of linking to the NYT op-ed, I think you should watch this video and encourage you to follow Reese Witherspoon on Instagram

1:35 PM · May 18, 2026 · 863.1K Views
1:42 PM · May 18, 2026 · 18.2K Views

Apparently learning things is "class solidarity with plutocrats."

The Foucault-loving Marxist "victim" frame requires that women remain helpless. A celebrity telling women to learn skills threatens the entire edifice because it implies they have agency.

Garry TanGarry Tan@garrytan

Reese Witherspoon says: Learn AI, it will help your career. Give it a shot, your kids, do, it's time. NYT ivory tower nutjob says: Reese Witherspoon telling 30 million women "learn AI" is class betrayal. Think about how insane that is.

1:42 PM · May 18, 2026 · 18.2K Views
1:42 PM · May 18, 2026 · 18K Views

It’s unfortunate that there is so much resistance from the established media to what should be a very good and useful aspects of AI. And now I am going to follow Reese on Instagram.

Garry TanGarry Tan@garrytan

The NYT is predictably tearing down Reese Witherspoon for encouraging moms to try AI before they ingest the anti-AI pablum as truth Instead of linking to the NYT op-ed, I think you should watch this video and encourage you to follow Reese Witherspoon on Instagram

1:35 PM · May 18, 2026 · 863.1K Views
2:09 PM · May 18, 2026 · 3.6K Views

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Garry TanGarry Tan@garrytan

The NYT is predictably tearing down Reese Witherspoon for encouraging moms to try AI before they ingest the anti-AI pablum as truth Instead of linking to the NYT op-ed, I think you should watch this video and encourage you to follow Reese Witherspoon on Instagram

1:35 PM · May 18, 2026 · 863.1K Views
4:42 PM · May 18, 2026 · 13.5K Views

@garrytan The NYTimes story is poorly reasoned.

It tells women to give up and be angry.

Resse, on the other hand, gives extremely straightforward advice: start using it, it's really helpful.

Garry TanGarry Tan@garrytan

The NYT is predictably tearing down Reese Witherspoon for encouraging moms to try AI before they ingest the anti-AI pablum as truth Instead of linking to the NYT op-ed, I think you should watch this video and encourage you to follow Reese Witherspoon on Instagram

1:35 PM · May 18, 2026 · 863.1K Views
3:50 PM · May 18, 2026 · 6.8K Views

The NYTimes story is poorly reasoned.

It tells women to give up and be angry, while throwing successful women -- who they should be lauding -- under the bus.

Total loser/victim mindset.

Resse, on the other hand, gives extremely straightforward advice: start using it, it's really helpful.

Garry TanGarry Tan@garrytan

The NYT is predictably tearing down Reese Witherspoon for encouraging moms to try AI before they ingest the anti-AI pablum as truth Instead of linking to the NYT op-ed, I think you should watch this video and encourage you to follow Reese Witherspoon on Instagram

1:35 PM · May 18, 2026 · 863.1K Views
3:51 PM · May 18, 2026 · 92K Views

@garrytan Awful. And really good advice from Reese

Garry TanGarry Tan@garrytan

The NYT is predictably tearing down Reese Witherspoon for encouraging moms to try AI before they ingest the anti-AI pablum as truth Instead of linking to the NYT op-ed, I think you should watch this video and encourage you to follow Reese Witherspoon on Instagram

1:35 PM · May 18, 2026 · 863.1K Views
5:55 PM · May 18, 2026 · 2.5K Views

@garrytan @LoganDobson She’s always been a very shrewd businesswoman, started producing earlier in her career.

Garry TanGarry Tan@garrytan

The NYT is predictably tearing down Reese Witherspoon for encouraging moms to try AI before they ingest the anti-AI pablum as truth Instead of linking to the NYT op-ed, I think you should watch this video and encourage you to follow Reese Witherspoon on Instagram

1:35 PM · May 18, 2026 · 863.1K Views
3:42 PM · May 18, 2026 · 589 Views
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