alt Hacker NewsI know actual people who are deeply opposed to AI (well, the current AI tech anyway), for what seem to them to be good moral reasons.
I find the attitude a bit weird and very left-wing purity-spiral stuff, but it is a real attitude that real people have.
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what is the purity spiral and why is it left wing?
it seems like a group of issues that the general public might be concerned about
> for what seem to them to be good moral reasons
Like the desire to have a livelihood?
Yeah it's not like all these ai-tech oligarchs enabled trump to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars each and he proceeded to disenfranchise voters, kidnap minorities, and make a mockery of environmental protections. "left wing purity spiral stuff" people are watching community members without criminal records languish in work camps.
It's both. It's not either or. It's absolutely both.
There are good reasons for people to be pissed off about data centers in the U.S.
China is absolutely funneling money to push anti-datacenter sentiment, and many of the people involved/receiving that money are not aware of where that money came from.
We are at the crux of a national security spiral in AI development that is naturally unpopular at home.