The idea that anti-AI posts on HN are PR hit jobs (paid for by..?) strikes me as conspiracy theory.

The simple reality is that hype generates an anti-hype reaction. Excessive hype leads to excessive anti-hype. And right now AI is being so excessively hyped on a scale I’m not sure I’ve seen in all the years I’ve been working in tech.

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ants_everywhere 2 days ago | parent [-]

That explanation doesn't make any sense because it explains none of the facts

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afavour 2 days ago | parent [-]

When people get something shoved in their face day in day out some of them react negatively to it. Is the concept really so outlandish?

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ants_everywhere 2 days ago | parent [-]

No, but have you seen what people are like when they react negatively? Their behavior is angry and aggressive and unpredictable.

What needs to be explained is a group of people predictably all acting exactly the same way.

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afavour 2 days ago | parent [-]

You're seeing conspiracies where there are none. A group of people all acting the same way is not suspicious when their actions are the thing that groups them together.

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		Your theory that there's an invisible hand that makes everyone spontaneously act the same is nonsensical. It hasn't been observed in humans nor in the wider animal kingdom.