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>>mef+(OP)
I'm noticing that leftists overwhelmingly toe the same line on AI skepticism, which suggests to me an ideological motivation.

>>lanfeu+f6
I have experienced this too. It's definitely part of the religion but I'm not sure why tbh. Maybe they equate it with like tech is bad mkay, which, looking at who leads a lot of the tech companies, is somewhat understandable, altho very myopic.

>>mattw1+47
I see this as much more of a hackers vs. corporations ideological split. Which imperfectly maps to leftism vs conservatism.

The perception on the left is that once again, corporations are foisting products on us that nobody wants, with no concern for safety, privacy, or respect for creators.

For better or worse, the age of garage-tech is mostly dead and Tech has become synonymous with corporatism. This is especially true with GenAI, where the resources to construct a frontier model (or anything remotely close to it) are far outside what a hacker can afford.

>>santos+O7
> I see this as much more of a hackers vs. corporations ideological split.

That framing may be true within tech circles, not the broader political divide. "Hackers" aren't collectively discounting and ignoring AI tools regardless of their enthusiasm for open-source.

Safety-ism is also most popular among those see useful potential in AI, and a generous enough timeline for AGI.