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0 pointsookblah8mo ago0 comments

seriously, the near future is going to be:

1) people who reject it completely for whatever reason. 2) people who use it lazily and produce a lot of garbage (lets be honest, this is probably going to happen a lot which is why maybe group #1 hates this future. reminds me of the outsourcing era) 3) people who selectively use it to their advantage.

no point in groups 1 and 3 trying to convince each other of anything.

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cgriswald8mo ago

I think that has been the state of affairs for awhile now.

I think your explanation for group 1 is true to a degree but have two other additional explanations: (1) Some element of group 1 is ideologically opposed. It might be copyright, or Luddism, or some other concern for our fellow humans. (2) Some are deluded into thinking there are only two groups and that group 3 people are all delusional.

Although it is probably an uphill battle I do think both groups 1 and 3 have things to learn from each other.

kentm8mo ago

To be fair, there are a lot of people (especially on Hacker News) in group 2 convincing themselves that they are in group 3. And people in group 1 see that and think that group 3 is a lot lot smaller than AI acolytes think.

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