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I've noticed this trend most heavily on Reddit. Some communities are very pro-AI, adding AI summary comments to each thread, encouraging AI-written posts, etc.
by jumploops 6mo ago
I've noticed this trend most heavily on Reddit.
Some communities are very pro-AI, adding AI summary comments to each thread, encouraging AI-written posts, etc.[0]
Many subreddits are AI cautious[1][2], and a subset of those are fully anti-AI[3].
Apart from these "AI-focused" communities, it seems each "traditional" subreddit sits somewhere on the spectrum (photographers dealing with AI skepticism of their work[4], programmers mostly like it but still skeptical[5]).
[0]https://www.reddit.com/r/vibecoding/ https://www.reddit.com/r/vibecoding/
[1]https://www.reddit.com/r/isthisAI/ https://www.reddit.com/r/isthisAI/
[2]https://www.reddit.com/r/aiwars/ https://www.reddit.com/r/aiwars/
[3]https://www.reddit.com/r/antiai/ https://www.reddit.com/r/antiai/
[4]https://www.reddit.com/r/photography/comments/1q4iv0k/what_do_you_say_to_people_who_think_every_photo/ https://www.reddit.com/r/photography/comments/1q4iv0k/what_d...
[5]https://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/1s6mtt7/ai_has_sucked_all_the_fun_out_of_programming/ https://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/1s6mtt7/ai_has_suck...
- lxgr 6mo agoReddit (and more generally, human) groupthing in a nutshell. "Quick, clearly position yourself on this one-dimensional line (or maybe even better sort yourself into one of these two sets) so we don't have to engage in that pesky nuance thing!"
- jumploops 6mo agoYes, groupthink certainly seems to be pushing each community into the false dichotomy of AI good/bad, even if it's still early days. Another example from `r/bayarea` where the author is OK with AI but the top comments are increasingly wary of its potential for harm[0] [0]https://www.reddit.com/r/bayarea/comments/1sp8wvz/is_it_just_me_or_is_ai_anxiety_kind_of_everywhere/ https://www.reddit.com/r/bayarea/comments/1sp8wvz/is_it_just...