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Interesting what the disconnect is between what the vocal minority say about AI versus the vast majority who use it every day and do not care, such as coders an

Interesting what the disconnect is between what the vocal minority say about AI versus the vast majority who use it every day and do not care, such as coders and even regular people, as ChatGPT has almost a billion users.

dist-epoch 6mo ago
This is the old "why do protesters against capitalism have iPhones" defense.
hatsuseno 6mo ago
Yeah, that figure of a billion comes from OpenAI directly, I wouldn't put too much stock in its validity or relevance.
- SketchySeaBeast 6mo ago
  It also doesn't qualify how or how often the users use the app. Online games like to do this too - "40M registered users!" when the number of players with an active subscription are a tiny fraction.
  - milkshakes 6mo ago
    it's weekly active users https://openai.com/index/scaling-ai-for-everyone/ https://openai.com/index/scaling-ai-for-everyone/
rglullis 6mo ago
One can use it even while hating it.
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b65e8bee43c2ed0 6mo ago
it is very amusing to read delusional takes like "everyone hates AI" when everyone I know who uses a computer for work is increasingly reliant on chatbots. I don't know how many times do these people need to be taught that their little bubble of terminally online folx is not "everyone". twice is not enough, apparently.
- energy123 6mo ago
  Opinion polling of the public about AI paints a very unfavorable picture, so it's not delusional. People use it but they fear it's going to take their livelihood. At the very least it has injected a significant amount of uncertainty into people's lives.
- infraredshift 6mo ago
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- footy 6mo ago
  > twice is not enough, apparently. what is this a reference to?
  - b65e8bee43c2ed0 6mo ago
    a certain politician that "everyone" hates.
- 1shooner 6mo ago
  "My bubble is more correct then the bubble of those I disagree with". There are objective data to refer to: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/03/12/key-findings-about-how-americans-view-artificial-intelligence/ https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/03/12/key-findi... https://poll.qu.edu/poll-release?releaseid=3955 https://poll.qu.edu/poll-release?releaseid=3955
  - b65e8bee43c2ed0 6mo ago
    >5. A majority of teens use AI chatbots. Roughly two-thirds of U.S. teens ages 13 to 17 (64%) say they ever use an AI chatbot, according to a fall 2025 survey. >6. A growing share of U.S. workers say at least some of their work is done with AI. That share has risen from 16% in 2024 to 21% in a September 2025 survey. >8. Younger adults are more likely than older Americans to be aware of and use AI. so, uh, thanks for proving my point? also, I don't live in the US (thank G-d!), and we don't have that particular kulturkampf here. it is as foreign to us as your plastic straw debates.
Lambdanaut 6mo ago
I'm not sure what you mean because you didn't actually say it, but AI is polling as one of the most disliked topics in the USA right now. More hated than ICE. Source: https://pos.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/260072-NBC-March-2026-Poll-03-08-2026-Release.pdf https://pos.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/260072-NBC-March-...
- ieie3366 6mo ago
  And how much of this is due to the sloppers/grifters/conmen who hopped on to the AI train (same thing which happened to crypto?) I feel like that is what the hate needs to be directed towards. Same thing with crypto. There is fundamentally nothing wrong with the technology itself. It’s that we are letting these scammers become the face of it
  - ieie3366 6mo ago
    I personally know multiple completely clueless people who are ”founders building AI startup” on linkedin despite having zero business skills, zero technical skills, generally low IQ people, just trying to ride the hype wave to scam themselves into fortune. Of course their tactics involve posting total slop on linkedin, scamming freelancers, outsourcing everything to Pakistan, etc This kind of behaviour would need to be name-and-shamed and preferably some sort of industry blacklist for bad behaviour.
  - malfist 6mo ago
    > There is fundamentally nothing wrong with the technology itself It is when the foundation of the training set for the technology is predicated on stolen or exploited labor.
  - ryandrake 6mo ago
    Grifters and scammers gravitate towards certain technologies (and not others) and become the face of them because of something about those technologies. They are not picking random inventions and then adopting them to their scams.
- jrflo 6mo ago
esrauch 6mo ago
I think the vast majority of people just "don't care" for all possible topics.
prmoustache 6mo ago
People are much less binary. A lot of people can hate the existence and most of the consequences of something yet use it, sparingly or addictively People can hate impact of the car centric societies and its impact on the climate yet use a car and find it convenient when not overused. Social medias is another example. A lot of people agree for the most part it didn't make our society better yet they are addicted to doomscroll on instagram or tiktok. People can use chatgpt to get a picture of them in Myasaki style yet hate that AI can be used to get rid of jobs. Even at developers level, some people might find AI useful in some areas but hate vibecoding and AI slop.
simonklitj 6mo ago
Even just in my family, the attitude has shifted significantly over the last year. Most of my family members are now critical of it and its effects. Add to this that if ~6B people are using the internet (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Internet_usage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Internet_usage), and ChatGPT only has almost a billion users (and is the largest player in the space), then I’d argue that LLM-users are in fact the minority.
psvv 6mo ago
I'm not so sure the silent majority is positive on AI, I think the opposite is more likely. Let's not forget that national poll where it was less popular than ICE -- I think it was 26% positive vs 46% negative. My view is AI is becoming a poster-child for the increasing wealth disparity. When people are negative on AI it's not just the technology but the entire idea around it. It's simply cool to hate AI and that's going to be a hard hill to overcome, I think.
righthand 6mo ago
There’s only a billion people on earth? You’re right that is the vast majority of people.

dist-epoch 6mo ago

This is the old "why do protesters against capitalism have iPhones" defense.

hatsuseno 6mo ago

Yeah, that figure of a billion comes from OpenAI directly, I wouldn't put too much stock in its validity or relevance.

SketchySeaBeast 6mo ago
It also doesn't qualify how or how often the users use the app. Online games like to do this too - "40M registered users!" when the number of players with an active subscription are a tiny fraction.
- milkshakes 6mo ago
  it's weekly active users https://openai.com/index/scaling-ai-for-everyone/ https://openai.com/index/scaling-ai-for-everyone/

rglullis 6mo ago

One can use it even while hating it.

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b65e8bee43c2ed0 6mo ago

it is very amusing to read delusional takes like "everyone hates AI" when everyone I know who uses a computer for work is increasingly reliant on chatbots. I don't know how many times do these people need to be taught that their little bubble of terminally online folx is not "everyone". twice is not enough, apparently.

energy123 6mo ago
Opinion polling of the public about AI paints a very unfavorable picture, so it's not delusional. People use it but they fear it's going to take their livelihood. At the very least it has injected a significant amount of uncertainty into people's lives.
infraredshift 6mo ago
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footy 6mo ago
> twice is not enough, apparently. what is this a reference to?
- b65e8bee43c2ed0 6mo ago
  a certain politician that "everyone" hates.
1shooner 6mo ago
"My bubble is more correct then the bubble of those I disagree with". There are objective data to refer to: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/03/12/key-findings-about-how-americans-view-artificial-intelligence/ https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/03/12/key-findi... https://poll.qu.edu/poll-release?releaseid=3955 https://poll.qu.edu/poll-release?releaseid=3955
- b65e8bee43c2ed0 6mo ago
  >5. A majority of teens use AI chatbots. Roughly two-thirds of U.S. teens ages 13 to 17 (64%) say they ever use an AI chatbot, according to a fall 2025 survey. >6. A growing share of U.S. workers say at least some of their work is done with AI. That share has risen from 16% in 2024 to 21% in a September 2025 survey. >8. Younger adults are more likely than older Americans to be aware of and use AI. so, uh, thanks for proving my point? also, I don't live in the US (thank G-d!), and we don't have that particular kulturkampf here. it is as foreign to us as your plastic straw debates.

Lambdanaut 6mo ago

I'm not sure what you mean because you didn't actually say it, but AI is polling as one of the most disliked topics in the USA right now. More hated than ICE. Source: https://pos.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/260072-NBC-March-2026-Poll-03-08-2026-Release.pdf https://pos.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/260072-NBC-March-...

ieie3366 6mo ago
And how much of this is due to the sloppers/grifters/conmen who hopped on to the AI train (same thing which happened to crypto?) I feel like that is what the hate needs to be directed towards. Same thing with crypto. There is fundamentally nothing wrong with the technology itself. It’s that we are letting these scammers become the face of it
- ieie3366 6mo ago
  I personally know multiple completely clueless people who are ”founders building AI startup” on linkedin despite having zero business skills, zero technical skills, generally low IQ people, just trying to ride the hype wave to scam themselves into fortune. Of course their tactics involve posting total slop on linkedin, scamming freelancers, outsourcing everything to Pakistan, etc This kind of behaviour would need to be name-and-shamed and preferably some sort of industry blacklist for bad behaviour.
- malfist 6mo ago
  > There is fundamentally nothing wrong with the technology itself It is when the foundation of the training set for the technology is predicated on stolen or exploited labor.
- ryandrake 6mo ago
  Grifters and scammers gravitate towards certain technologies (and not others) and become the face of them because of something about those technologies. They are not picking random inventions and then adopting them to their scams.
jrflo 6mo ago

esrauch 6mo ago

I think the vast majority of people just "don't care" for all possible topics.

prmoustache 6mo ago

People are much less binary. A lot of people can hate the existence and most of the consequences of something yet use it, sparingly or addictively People can hate impact of the car centric societies and its impact on the climate yet use a car and find it convenient when not overused. Social medias is another example. A lot of people agree for the most part it didn't make our society better yet they are addicted to doomscroll on instagram or tiktok. People can use chatgpt to get a picture of them in Myasaki style yet hate that AI can be used to get rid of jobs. Even at developers level, some people might find AI useful in some areas but hate vibecoding and AI slop.

simonklitj 6mo ago

Even just in my family, the attitude has shifted significantly over the last year. Most of my family members are now critical of it and its effects. Add to this that if ~6B people are using the internet (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Internet_usage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Internet_usage), and ChatGPT only has almost a billion users (and is the largest player in the space), then I’d argue that LLM-users are in fact the minority.

psvv 6mo ago

I'm not so sure the silent majority is positive on AI, I think the opposite is more likely. Let's not forget that national poll where it was less popular than ICE -- I think it was 26% positive vs 46% negative. My view is AI is becoming a poster-child for the increasing wealth disparity. When people are negative on AI it's not just the technology but the entire idea around it. It's simply cool to hate AI and that's going to be a hard hill to overcome, I think.

righthand 6mo ago

There’s only a billion people on earth? You’re right that is the vast majority of people.