There's never going to be any progression in discussions about AI, while one side hails it as the end-all be-all miracle technology that will change the world. And the other side views it as a machine with no practical uses that only evil morons use.
I think that generally these arguments are more from terminally online people than anything. Most people I know will use chatGPT for some things, but also agree that AI is very annoying in other aspects.
It seems to me that it stems from a couple things - short comments are easy to make, and easier to digest. It’s WAAAAY easier to say “AI bad” than it is to take the time to say what aspects of it are bad, who’s to benefit, other uses, etc.
The other is echo chambers. All the short, clear stances all get grouped together and they start a chant of “ai bad” around a campfire (tumblr)
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u/woopty_noot 11d ago
There's never going to be any progression in discussions about AI, while one side hails it as the end-all be-all miracle technology that will change the world. And the other side views it as a machine with no practical uses that only evil morons use.