| ▲ | tptacek 5 hours ago |
| I operate in at least one social circle that is heavily not-technical (local politics) and I do not see this at all. |
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| ▲ | kube-system 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| My experience is somewhat in the middle -- I see educated non-technical people who are strongly against AI because they see it as polluting, "wasting water", and harmful to society. Although many use it anyway. I could totally believe uneducated or less well-adjusted people reacting in the above way, though. |
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| ▲ | _aavaa_ 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | Non-technical indeed. The wasting water or pollution argument is getting really tiring. | | |
| ▲ | digdugdirk 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | I would be careful about this one. While the overall impact (in the global/national aggregate sense) may not be massive, the impact to individual communities nearby these new hyperscale datacenters is far more impactful than most people on this site might think. Look at the grok datacenter in Memphis for one example. The "move fast and break things" mentality in this arena isn't about code anymore, it's being applied to communities. | | |
| ▲ | _aavaa_ 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | Let’s say we grant the grok example. A) How many other datacenters with similar problems can you name? B) How does this industry compare to every other one on earth, and then look at the disproportionate hate this gets compared to other industries that are substantially worse. |
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| ▲ | AlexCoventry 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| The hatred is particularly intense on reddit. I lost a couple of accounts there to suspension, just for speaking a civil way about the positive aspects of AI. |
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| ▲ | throwanem 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| What do you see? |
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| ▲ | GeoAtreides 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
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| ▲ | pesus 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| People in politics aren't that dissimilar to tech bros (especially AI ones) in terms of world view. |
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| ▲ | tptacek 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | People in "local politics" are random neighbors, almost none of whom are "in politics" in the colloquial sense. | | |
| ▲ | pesus 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | Fair enough, but I still think it at least somewhat applies to people who are willing to get involved in any kind of political process beyond the very basics or perhaps some special interest groups. | | |
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