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> Another instance of SV bros unknowingly LARPing spirituality is more obvious: the weird, intense religious-like fervor some people have about AI. It is crazy
by zer0tonin 2y ago
> Another instance of SV bros unknowingly LARPing spirituality is more obvious: the weird, intense religious-like fervor some people have about AI.
It is crazy to me how fast and how intensely cult-like AI became. It's even crazier when you consider the gap between their belief in AI (singularity, automate every job, next step for humanity, etc...) and their actual AI projects (make a fancy QR code generator or yet another SEO spam site...)
- mattgreenrocks 2y agoO ye of little faith, if you only believed in the godlike capabilities AI will give us, then you’d see! It’s only five or ten years away! More seriously: I expect some proponents have financial ties to AI as a whole. It smells way too much like the crypto/NFT grifters.