This isn’t really about AI, it’s about a culture where threats and coercion in service of one’s own ideology have become normalised.

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nrmitchi an hour ago | parent | next [-]

From a more... pessimistic/optomistic point of view (I'm really not sure which applies here, it depends how you look at it) It is also about a culture with absolutely no safety net, where AI and increased automation moving into someones field (in this case, graphic design work) isn't just "oh, less people will need my services" and more "My income will completely disappear and I will be broke/homeless faster than I can possibly learn something else fast enough to compete with the omnipotent AI".

The way to make these transitions less aggressive on everyone is to not have it tied directly to whether or not someone can afford to eat.

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Chance-Device an hour ago | parent [-]

I think that’s letting people off the hook too easily. This sort of mob behaviour is simply normal. Normal means something that happens often, not something we find admirable. With a safety net it would be the same sort of thing - people decide that x is bad and dogpile it to get their dopamine. Some people really like the dogpiling, others like it less, but it calls to an ugly part of our psychology.

	▲	nrmitchi 15 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I agree that people like the dogpile, but those dog-piles are normally starts by someone who feels like they are personally victimized and threatened by whatever action they are objecting to. People take things very personally when their core livelihood and ability to support themselves are threatened.

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

>This isn’t really about AI, it’s about a culture where threats and coercion in service of one’s own ideology have become normalised

This has always been a thing.

	▲	Chance-Device 37 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I think you’re right actually. It has always been a thing, but I think maybe we were better at suppressing it in the past. It seems like this sort of open, grassroots warfare is new.

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tomjen3 an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Thats true. This story makes me think artists are spoiled and entitled little shits, which isn’t fair to all of them of cause.

	▲	Chance-Device an hour ago \| parent [-]
		I don’t think it’s the artists who are doing things like this. It’s usually people who aren’t directly impacted and are “working” on other people’s behalf who do this sort of thing. I suspect it’s power-seeking personalities using a socially acceptable excuse to exercise power over someone else.

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sleepybrett 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

No it's about people thinking that I should care about their business when they clearly do not. When you use AI in these lazy ways it's clear that you just don't care.

	▲	Chance-Device 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		That doesn’t even make sense. If you’re a customer before she puts up the sign it hasn’t magically made the coffee or the service worse. You want to force her to act the way you want, it’s that simple.
	▲	AlexandrB an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Dude, small business owners only have so much to spend on marketing. Before it was AI, it was stock images or Microsoft clip art. I don't care that my plumber has bad logo, it saving money on a logo keeps him from selling to PE and enshittifying his business.