This one crosses generational and political lines much more so than anti-vaxxers and the nanobots-in-the-masks crowd.

One way to fight it might be to politicize it, ironically enough, with Trump's approval under 30% on many issues, if we can label AI support as MAGA, that might slow the advance.

In my town, MAGA supports data centers "because jobs." Fucking idiots don't know how few people it takes to babysit computers. The jobs are low-paying security, and a few IT staff, with the bulk of the work done off-site from other states.

At the same time, people staunchly resistant to technological advances without a hint of nuance, not historically the sharpest tools.

There's a middle road where the technology can be useful but the economic system pushing it is cancerous.

It's not even idiocy, it's sometimes just bot bothering to do proper research by oneself.

I wouldn't call it stupidity, they're more cripplingly naive.

I asked my mom about something in our childhood and instead of reminiscing, she sent me a copy pasted AI response.

Happened to me just this week. Company has the problem that too many people report them to national board of consumer disputes. Copilot offered management a solution, a line that employees can call for advice if the customer threatens to sue and/or report.

Funny thing is, most reports are because AI told customer to report.

Oof, same. It's scary that it's all the engineers at my office, I'd think they'd know better

Chatty told me to ask you!

There's always tarot cards and astrology, the old standbys.

The way I've found it, is like asking Google questions I used to be able to, only now it doesn't know what the hell I'm talking about, and gives me the answer it thinks will make me happy, doesn't mean the answer is right in any credible way, just that the answer will make me happy.

Almost like it's by design

Honestly, I've just learned not to engage the luddites on this one. If you're opposing mass-unemployment, I'm with you, but if you're just so anti-AI that you're antisocial to people who use AI, I just ignore. I learned a long time ago not to argue with stupid people.

AI chatbots are essentially just a very powerful search engine, and I don't fault anyone if they find a way to use it effectively.

There's a good chance that someone will respond to me here to tell me that AIs hallucinate everything and serve zero purpose, and I won't engage because even they know they're wrong, that's why they're so outspoken against AI.

I am looking forward to when the anti-AI people remember that the actual enemy is Capitalism.