Anti-AI articles like this seem to be the new "Doing my part to resist big tech: Why I'm switching back from Chrome to Firefox" genre that popped up on HN for a decade or so. If it makes you feel better, great, but don't kid yourself that your actions will make any difference whatsoever to the overall trajectory of AI adoption in IT or society.

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beej71 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I love it if it would affect the trajectory, but I don't think it will. I do think it will affect my trajectory, though.

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raincole 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This genre has always been very prevalent on HN. Move from cloud to on-premise. Move away from US-based services. Move away from Gmail. Move away from Github.

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simianwords 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Was there one for memory managed languages like C# vs self managed like C/C++?

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raincole 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Rust.

	▲	simianwords 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		bit of an edge case because the support was not for the incumbent

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BeetleB 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

While it's relevant to the particular submission, this type of comment is thrown around way too often.

Me boycotting some company's product due to bad practices (slavery, etc).

Response: You know your boycotting isn't going to change anything, right?

Me: Yes, and ....? I'm not trying to change the world.

I don't use FF as some form of protest. It's just a browser I like more.

I'm not anti-AI the way much of HN is, but let's pretend I am. If I ban AI generated content on my site[1], I'm not trying to change the world. Just controlling my site.

Getting more to your sentiment: The world/Internet is a vast place. If even 1000 people think like me, it's more than enough. For a number of years I had valuable online interactions via BBS's with a population < 1000. As long as I get 1000 people, let the rest of the world burn!

It's like the constant "Emacs is dying" threads we used to have on HN, because the percentage of SO users using it kept dropping. When in reality, the absolute numbers kept increasing. Who cares if the world has moved on to VS Code? Emacs as an ecosystem was/is thriving!

[1] Assuming I live in a fantasy world where I can classify content accurately...

	▲	simianwords an hour ago \| parent [-]
		I think much of current day neuroticism can be attributed to insincere comparisons of genuinely normal trade offs (like AI) to slavery in the past. I think people are so afraid to do a hecking racism that they start comparing any normal thing to racism. I also think there’s an incentive here: by comparing to racism they potentially gain some social status points like - I’m more morally superior to you because I didn’t do a hecking racism like you. But it can backfire, like with your comment. People are catching up to how ridiculous this comparison is

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dmix 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Plus many of these articles seem maximized to attract attention on social media, which is its own machine.

Posting your most provocative and strong opinions in reaction to the latest controversy-of-the-week is what fuels the internet and culture more than anything these days. The attention economy demands hot takes mixed with preaching about every new thing.

	▲	simianwords 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		see: purity spiral politics