People were told by other people to dislike LLMs and so they did, then told other people themselves.

AmbroseBierce 21 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Just like feminism when it was starting, back then millions of women believed it was silly for them to vote, and those who believed otherwise had to get loud to get more on their side, and that's one example, similar things have happened with hundreds other things that we now take for granted, so it's value as judgment measure it's very low by itself alone.

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theshrike79 18 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Ha! You’re actually exactly right.

We’ve observed this in AI gen ads (or “creatives” as ad people call them)

They work really well, EXCEPT if there is a comment option next to the ad - if people see others calling the art “AI crap” the click rate drops drastically :)

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DangitBobby 17 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I think that's a hint that people already dislike AI ads on principle but it's good enough now to fool them, and the comment section provides transparency.

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Devasta 17 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

If I was vegan and found out after the fact that a meal that I enjoyed contained animal products in it that doesn't mean I'm some hypocrite for consuming it at the time. Whether I enjoyed it or not at the time it still breaches some ethical standard I have, abstaining from it from then on would be the expected outcome.

	▲	theshrike79 11 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The same works the other way, and actually a lot better IMO. Let's imagine a scenario with two identical restaurants with the exact same quality of food. One sells their dish as a fully vegan option, but doesn't tell the customers. Hardline "oorah, meat only for me" dude walks in and eats the dish, loves it. If he goes to the other restaurant and is told beforehand that "sir, this dish is fully vegan" - do you think they'd enjoy it as much? Prejudices steer people's opinions, a lot. Just like people stop enjoying movies and games due to some weird online witch-hunt that might later on turn out to be either a complete willful misunderstanding of the whole premise (Ghost in the Shell) or a targeted hate campaign (Marvels and many many other movies starring a prominent feminist woman).

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PunchyHamster 16 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

yes, having some transparency is terrible to PR

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latexr 17 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

That’s a bad faith argument using weasel words. Do not assume everyone who disagrees with you is an unthinking tool.

https://xkcd.com/610/

Look at how easy it is to make the argument in the other direction:

> People were told by large companies to like LLMs and so they did, then told other people themselves.

Those add nothing to the discussion. Treat others like human beings. Every other person on the planet has an inner life as rich as yours and the same ability to think for themselves (and inability to perceive their own bias) that you do.

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oneeyedpigeon 21 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Just as they were told to like them in the first place. A lot of this is driven that way because most of the public only has a surface-level understanding of the issues.