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I Am An AI Hater

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443 points BallsInIt | 19 comments | 27 Aug 25 19:10 UTC | HN request time: 0.002s | source | bottom
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danielbln ◴[27 Aug 25 19:51 UTC] No.45044286[source]▶
Yet it is here to stay, won't go away and even if it won't get any better at the useful things it does, it is useful. The externalities are real, some can be removed, some mitigated. If you're a hater and a human, then you don't have to mitigate anything, of course.

Me, I hate the externalities, but I love the thing. I want to use my own AI, hyper optimized and efficient and private. It would mitigate a lot. Maybe some day.

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yifanl ◴[27 Aug 25 20:11 UTC] No.45044555[source]▶
> Yet it is here to stay, won't go away

Source for this claim? Are you still using Groupon?

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1. dpoloncsak ◴[27 Aug 25 20:27 UTC] No.45044746[source]▶
The last time we saw a bet from Wall St like we are seeing with AI, was when they bet on the internet.

Do you still use the internet?

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2. satisfice ◴[27 Aug 25 20:36 UTC] No.45044873[source]▶
I still use the Internet. The Internet is also a technology that undermines society.
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3. turzmo ◴[27 Aug 25 20:57 UTC] No.45045168[source]▶
Maybe a better generalization, the last time [bubble] happened, do you still use [bubble]?

Depends on the nature of the bubble, doesn't it?

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4. TeMPOraL ◴[27 Aug 25 21:29 UTC] No.45045529[source]▶
Indeed. Therefore, the past bubbles most similar to AI are the one around Internet, and the earlier one around electricity.
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5. petralithic ◴[27 Aug 25 21:38 UTC] No.45045612[source]▶
You are free not to use it if that is what you believe.
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6. Timwi ◴[27 Aug 25 22:08 UTC] No.45045937{3}[source]▶
You are also free to give away all your money and not participate in capitalism if you wish.

Wait, are you sure?

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7. petralithic ◴[27 Aug 25 23:14 UTC] No.45046453{4}[source]▶
Yes, if you don't want to participate in capitalism, you're free to live in the woods and homestead.
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8. satisfice ◴[28 Aug 25 00:51 UTC] No.45047058{5}[source]▶
No, you are not free to do that. There are billions of humans on the planet. We all can't "live in the forest" without immediately destroying the forests.

I wish you'd try thinking for at least five seconds before commenting. If you are here, then you must be smart-- so, use your brain, man.

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9. _Algernon_ ◴[28 Aug 25 05:49 UTC] No.45048862{5}[source]▶
https://iea.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/mister-gotcha-...
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10. Gud ◴[28 Aug 25 07:24 UTC] No.45049424{4}[source]▶
Not really an option, is it? Point me to the forest where this is allowed
11. jacquesm ◴[28 Aug 25 08:15 UTC] No.45049726{6}[source]▶
> If you are here, then you must be smart

Citation needed...

12. Jensson ◴[28 Aug 25 10:49 UTC] No.45050614{3}[source]▶
> the past bubbles most similar to AI are the one around Internet

I'd say crypto is more similar, the internet and telephones and rails and roads and electricity is around connective infrastructure, AI and crypto is around compute. Connective infrastructure is almost always useful, local computed things is harder to motivate hype for because its usefulness isn't as apparent as adding more connectivity.

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13. petralithic ◴[28 Aug 25 11:10 UTC] No.45050746{6}[source]▶
Who said we all? If you specifically don't want to live in a capitalist society, you don't have to, there are lots of homesteaders even in the US who live off the land, you can be like them. I'm not being sarcastic, it's an actual suggestion.
14. petralithic ◴[28 Aug 25 11:11 UTC] No.45050753{6}[source]▶
I see this meme often but it's true, there's lots of options, not just one society that you cannot leave. Lots of countries on earth that one can move to, as people immigrate already.
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15. dpoloncsak ◴[28 Aug 25 11:34 UTC] No.45050902{4}[source]▶
Crypto STILL hasn’t seen widespread user adoption like ChatGPT has.

My CIO never asked about blockchain technology, but he sure as hell is asking about AI

16. _Algernon_ ◴[28 Aug 25 12:35 UTC] No.45051390{7}[source]▶
Talk about missing the point…
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17. petralithic ◴[28 Aug 25 14:17 UTC] No.45052470{8}[source]▶
More like just presenting a meme isn't a real argument, so there's not really any point you're making to miss.
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18. _Algernon_ ◴[28 Aug 25 16:32 UTC] No.45054148{9}[source]▶
If you practiced some media literacy, you'd realize that (a) there is a point to that meme and (b) that there is a reason why you are on the receiving end of it.
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19. petralithic ◴[28 Aug 25 18:31 UTC] No.45055402{10}[source]▶
Just saying it doesn't make it so. I can post similar memes and say "haha that's you" while pointing at you and citing your lack of media literacy when you disagree, that doesn't mean it's a cogent argument. Maybe there is an argument in that meme, but you're not specifying it and therefore I will not take it as a serious comment.