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>>kcorbi+(OP)
Interesting analysis. Suprised HN is so negative towards AI (and that the positive:negative ratio to AI is about the same as it was for Crypto a few years ago!)

The obvious difference is that AI has abundant use-cases, while Crypto only has tenuous ones.

Maybe there is added negativity considering it is a technology where there is clearly a potential threat to jobs on a personal level (e.g. lift operators were very negative towards automatic lifts).

>>Closi+g8
(author here) Yes, I was surprised that AI didn't have more positive sentiment overall!

Subjectively, the two flavors of AI-negative sentiment I've seen most commonly on HN are (1) its potential to invade privacy, and (2) its potential to displace workers, including workers in tech.

I think that (1) was by far the most common concern up until around the ChatGPT release, at which point (2) became a major concern for many HN readers.

>>kcorbi+Nc
Would be interesting to compare with overall sentiment on HN over time. I feel like it has gotten more and more bitter and negative over the time I've been here.

>>fallin+9f
My personal outlook about how AI has been developing has certainly become increasingly dark with time. I still have a hope, though, that things won't be as bad as I fear.

>>JohnFe+Gk
Because the majority of those ai "startups/founders" were blockchain startups before this and big data startup before that and "any buzzword tech" before that too.

They will pivot their vision to the next toy after this too.