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Why do the vast majority of people on Lemmy seem to HATE AI? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Casuls_Die_Thrice@lemmy.zip to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I’ve been on Lemmy for about 2 weeks now, and I’ve noticed a trend:

The VAST majority of posts that mention AI in any manner are some dig or criticism or some other negative commentary, and the rare ones that have anything positive to say about it almost always have negative whatever-Lemmy’s-version-of-karma-is.

I get that AI isn’t without its problems, especially Grok with that “Mechahitler” nonsense a bit ago, but there seems to be particular vitriol here. I’m genuinely curious to know why people hate it so much here.

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[–] reluctant_squidd@lemmy.ca 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don’t “hate” it universally. I see its positives and how it can make certain things easier. My own negative feelings towards it just outweigh the positives at the moment.

If they can figure it out where:

AI isn’t being developed for autonomous armed military combat
isn’t sucking up heinous amounts of power and water, especially in places that can’t support it.
isn’t readily available to the criminal masses to do great harm with.
isn’t being completely untruthful about the harm it is doing.
isn’t being forced down the throats of everyone in the business world.
Isn’t used by, from, around, or even remotely involving children.

The main problems aren’t with the technology, but with governments slow response to properly regulate it and protect society. I guess.

I use it now and then to spot bugs in my code and it is super handy for that. Coming up with code all by itself can be wonky. If non-programmer vibe coding becomes the norm, we are all going back to paper.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

The main problems aren’t with the technology

Half your bullet points are pragmatically impossible if the software exists. Which it does, and will.