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Tech press learned it gets a lot more clicks being anti-tech than being accurate. There is a big anti AI or anything related to it zeitgeist.
by cm2012 8mo ago
Tech press learned it gets a lot more clicks being anti-tech than being accurate. There is a big anti AI or anything related to it zeitgeist.
- AlexLiteplo 8mo agoYeah whenever there's a cultural moment in tech that could be spun in one way or the other they go doomer
- jaredcwhite 8mo agoWhat? If anything the tech press is overwhelmingly sycophantic towards both startups and Big Tech alike, often just passing along talking points verbatim without any critical analysis at all. Also, being "anti-AI" isn't being "anti-tech". AI is a marketing buzzword.
- RankingMember 8mo agoFor sure- I haven't forgotten just how thoroughly deified the likes of Elon Musk, Elizabeth Holmes, and Sam Bankman-Fried were in the tech press at one point.