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Indeed Twitter has seen a resurgence among the (serious) AI crowd in particular. For example Bluesky (not to mention the fediverse) can get aggressively negativ

by senko 2mo ago

Indeed Twitter has seen a resurgence among the (serious) AI crowd in particular. For example Bluesky (not to mention the fediverse) can get aggressively negative towards authors posting what seem to be pro-AI posts. Ignoring the political issues, my problem with Twitter is more prosaic: the character limit is too short for basically anything of substance. I really don't like the thread style it effectively forces. (Oh, and the new name is unbelievably stupid. I ain't never calling it that.)

BoxOfRain 2mo ago
That's pretty much my one gripe with the general culture of the Fediverse, a lot of people have made opposition to AI in general part of their identities and it can be a little tedious to have discussions at times because of it.
- breezybottom 2mo ago
  Yes it must be hard reading views that are different from your own.
  - andsoitis 2mo ago
    > Yes it must be hard reading views that are different from your own. The other thing is the sarcasm and smugness.
  - BoxOfRain 2mo ago
    You can't have a very good discussion with someone about something they've made part of their identity in my view. I'm not an instinctive AI booster but nor am I going to bother engaging with people who believe a tool I use is ontologically evil. It's a poor use of everyone's time since there's no debate to be had. This works both ways for what it's worth, I have parts of my identity which I simply don't see fit to make a discussion of since there is no ground to gain or concede.
    - lokar 2mo ago
      In order for a discussion to be useful both sides need to be genuinely willing to change their position. It sounds like here neither side is open to change.
    - breezybottom 2mo ago
      Right, because nobody here has made technology or coding part of their identity.
      - idiotsecant 2mo ago
        Youd get better discussion if you made points directly instead of sniping at strawmen.
  - UpsideDownRide 2mo ago
    Apparently what's even harder is understanding what the other person is saying
  - volkk 2mo ago
    hey Reddit is that way ->

by senko 2mo ago

BoxOfRain 2mo ago

That's pretty much my one gripe with the general culture of the Fediverse, a lot of people have made opposition to AI in general part of their identities and it can be a little tedious to have discussions at times because of it.

breezybottom 2mo ago
Yes it must be hard reading views that are different from your own.
- andsoitis 2mo ago
  > Yes it must be hard reading views that are different from your own. The other thing is the sarcasm and smugness.
- BoxOfRain 2mo ago
  You can't have a very good discussion with someone about something they've made part of their identity in my view. I'm not an instinctive AI booster but nor am I going to bother engaging with people who believe a tool I use is ontologically evil. It's a poor use of everyone's time since there's no debate to be had. This works both ways for what it's worth, I have parts of my identity which I simply don't see fit to make a discussion of since there is no ground to gain or concede.
  - lokar 2mo ago
    In order for a discussion to be useful both sides need to be genuinely willing to change their position. It sounds like here neither side is open to change.
  - breezybottom 2mo ago
    Right, because nobody here has made technology or coding part of their identity.
    - idiotsecant 2mo ago
      Youd get better discussion if you made points directly instead of sniping at strawmen.
- UpsideDownRide 2mo ago
  Apparently what's even harder is understanding what the other person is saying
- volkk 2mo ago
  hey Reddit is that way ->