I just got back from Thanksgiving holiday with my family. Grade schools kids all the way up to great grandparents up to 81 years old. Engineers, active military, a nurse, high schoolers, two in college. Both coasts represented and Texas. Republicans, Democrats, and in-between. The one and only thing every single person had in common was an utter hatred of AI. And it wasn’t for a lack of understanding of how it will be used.

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fn-mote 16 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Hatred of AI won’t stop others from steamrolling them and their jobs using AI.

At this point, I have stopped hoping that LLMs will become vaporware.

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LastTrain 14 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I found myself thinking AI would make the perfect scapegoat for an enterprising political party. There is a lot of animus to tap into there.

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lII1lIlI11ll 14 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I wouldn't bet on LLMs steamrolling jobs of a nurse or military personnel any time soon.

	▲	LastTrain 14 hours ago \| parent [-]
		There are so many more reasons to hate AI than just “it is taking my job”. But even if we’re just sticking to that, some people don’t like that it will replace their co workers, neighbors or family members job.

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senordevnyc 13 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

How do you reconcile this with:

1. The absolute explosion of AI usage (revealed preferences)

2. The polling on AI, which is mixed and reveals lots of pessimism and fear among a slight majority of Americans, but hardly universal “utter hatred”.

My guess is some combo of: your family is not representative, the hatred was not as universal as it appeared (bandwagon effect), or your own hatred of AI caused you to focus on the like-minded opinions shared and ignore any contrary evidence.

	▲	LastTrain 9 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I don’t reconcile it, I was giving an anecdote, one that would seem to easily fit in with your personal summary of some poll you read about.