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The idea that anti-AI posts on HN are PR hit jobs (paid for by..?) strikes me as conspiracy theory. The simple reality is that hype generates an anti-hype reac
by afavour 1y ago
The idea that anti-AI posts on HN are PR hit jobs (paid for by..?) strikes me as conspiracy theory.
The simple reality is that hype generates an anti-hype reaction. Excessive hype leads to excessive anti-hype. And right now AI is being so excessively hyped on a scale I’m not sure I’ve seen in all the years I’ve been working in tech.
- ants_everywhere 1y agoThat explanation doesn't make any sense because it explains none of the facts
- afavour 1y agoWhen people get something shoved in their face day in day out some of them react negatively to it. Is the concept really so outlandish?
- ants_everywhere 1y agoNo, but have you seen what people are like when they react negatively? Their behavior is angry and aggressive and unpredictable. What needs to be explained is a group of people predictably all acting exactly the same way.
- afavour 1y agoYou're seeing conspiracies where there are none. A group of people all acting the same way is not suspicious when their actions are the thing that groups them together.
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- ants_everywhere 1y agoYour theory that there's an invisible hand that makes everyone spontaneously act the same is nonsensical. It hasn't been observed in humans nor in the wider animal kingdom.