| ▲ | mortenjorck 5 hours ago |
| It looks like the original post was removed, but there are some screenshots going around (unfortunately X doesn't let you view full-size unless you're logged in): https://x.com/ChrisCroy/status/2094867317163540937 |
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| ▲ | thorum 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| There’s nothing surprising or confusing here. Outside of tech communities like HN, I see anti-AI rhetoric everywhere. A very large number of humans see AI as a purely evil and parasitic thing, no matter how it’s used. It’s an especially common view among artists and young people. Whether or not you agree about AI, when you’re communicating to a wider audience, you have to read the room. |
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| ▲ | raincole 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | It's BlueSky lol. If your way to 'read the room' is to read BlueSky replies then you're already in a pretty doomed position. | | |
| ▲ | rafram 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | Yeah, Bluesky is pretty much singlemindedly focused on hating AI at this point. It's odd. Sort of feels like it's becoming a sanctuary (though definitely not a healthy one) for people who just can't deal with the post-2020 world - a lot of yelling about people who don't mask up, who dare to use AI, etc. |
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| ▲ | iamnothere 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | I constantly hear this refrain, but almost everyone I know is insufferably pro-AI. I myself am neutral to skeptical, I think it’s overhyped and only semi-useful (to me personally) but not the end of humanity. | |
| ▲ | internet2000 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Bluesky is not real life. | |
| ▲ | naasking 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | BlueSky in no way represents a very large number of humans. Most laypeople I've spoken to are fairly neutral on AI at this point. |
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| ▲ | Gander5739 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| You can use a nitter instance: https://x.n0g.xyz/ChrisCroy/status/2094867317163540937 |
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| ▲ | gnuplustoejam 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | Using a domain that resembles a racial slur isn't a good look. | | |
| ▲ | Gander5739 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Forgive my lack of familiarity with racial slurs, but what part of that resembles a racial slur? | |
| ▲ | vipa123 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | I must be naive, but how does that resemble? | | |
| ▲ | wccrawford 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | I'm guessing the n0g part. I would never have thought that if someone hadn't said it. I'd have thought of "egg nog" long before a racial slur. | |
| ▲ | kuroguro 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | he probably means the nitter part, not the literal domain. never occurred to me before tho. | | |
| ▲ | z500 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Call me crazy, but for me the next stop after nitter is knitter, not the other thing. | |
| ▲ | Natfan 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | isn't nitter literally just "not twitter"? |
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| ▲ | morkalork 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | I want to say there was an image board that would substitute another n-word with nignogs because they thought it was funny but my memory can be hazy |
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| ▲ | nick__m 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | I don't frequently downvote but you deserve one. I cannot see the racial slur, other posters cannot either; you know the story about the boy who cried wolf, you're doing exactly as that boy and therefore you are unhelpful your cause! |
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| ▲ | sixothree 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Does every single one of these posters have a cartoon avatar? What's going on here? |
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| ▲ | nasso_dev 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | what's wrong with cartoon avatars...? im not sure i follow | | |
| ▲ | sixothree 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | Where did I say something was wrong with them? I do think it is worth questioning why an entire thread is filled specifically and exclusively with cartoon character avatars. Pick a thread, pretty much any thread on bsky with 20+ replies and I believe you'll have trouble reproducing these results. I have had trouble finding one. Feel free to locate some and point them out to me. Let me know how many threads it took you to find one. I am genuinely curious. | | |
| ▲ | iamnothere 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | My guess is they are hobby artists who think that AI and piracy are the only things preventing them from making it big. There’s more of these out there than you would think. If you look at the quality of their avatars it becomes clear why they aren’t making money as artists. | | |
| ▲ | sixothree 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | I didn't quite want to say it myself since I've been so negative sometimes lately. But it was something I noticed and picking a random profile to view was pretty stomach turning. But I get there is backlash. Not everyone lives in the bubble HN does. Not even everyone here is accepting of AI. I don't even know where I stand many times. But something feels off about this response. It's certainly looking brigaded. On my home feed was another AI announcement. Few comments. Zero hate. And I definitely expected more there. | | |
| ▲ | Macha 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | Paint.NET is (partially) art software. The art community has a negative view of AI. Therefore announcements of AI use in Paint.NET get a negative reaction, more so than something like AI startup #491000 | | |
| ▲ | iamnothere 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | I see your point, but I always got the impression that Paint.NET was a barebones image/photo editor for power users. Typically something full featured like Photoshop, Krita, or Illustrator would be more in the art software camp, IMHO. A basic AM/FM radio does receive radio, but you wouldn’t lump it in with a Yaesu or even a Baofeng. I’m just surprised to see so many strong opinions from people who probably don’t even use the software (although they pretend they do). |
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| ▲ | diego_sandoval 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| What the hell is going on with those people (or bots?)? |
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| ▲ | gnuplustoejam 5 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Bluesky is a biker bar with an askew "safe space" sign awkwardly taped to the door. | | |
| ▲ | Aldipower 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Do not blame the bikers, they usually are very friendly people. :-) | | |
| ▲ | pino83 28 minutes ago | parent [-] | | Sure - they even unselfishly share all their noises with as much people as possible. As much as the engine can produce (i.e. better be a rich biker, then you can make your engine share a lot more or it). |
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| ▲ | sixothree 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | I honestly suspect that if he said he was using OpenAI instead, the results would be completely different. Ever since the DOD thing, pretty much every sub, thread, or reference to Claude, has resulted in vitriol. It mostly materializes as one-line comments and harassment. What I noticed in this is that literally every single poster has a cartoon avatar. I assume they farm their karma in threads related to a game, movie, show, etc. | | |
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| ▲ | ChocolateGod 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Those responses are disgusting. I bet you every one of these individuals criticised X for being toxic. |
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