[ SECRET POST #6937 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6937 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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07. [SPOILERS for Knives Out, Wake Up Dead Man]




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Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 1 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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Comments

AI article this morning

[(Anonymous)]

Could someone please help me understand this journalism? Specifically the framing of America's reaction to AI as globally distinct and the hints of condescension in the tone. I'm really trying to figure out what the newspaper's motive is here.

From the NYT newsletter this morning:

"Why Do Americans Hate A.I.?
We look at the uniquely American animosity toward artificial intelligence."

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/briefing/why-do-americans-hate-ai.html

Re: AI article this morning

[(Anonymous)]

Misfire ugh

Re: AI article this morning

[(Anonymous)]

This is a really weird article. Sorry I can't help with understanding it but it was a sort of fascinating seemingly random take.

Re: AI article this morning

[(Anonymous)]

Probably some stock-pumping bullshit.

OP

[(Anonymous)]

MTE exactly

Re: AI article this morning

[(Anonymous)]

There doesn’t really seem to be any point. The author minimized the impact it’s already had on the workforce and also practically ignored the environmental impacts. The environmental impacts are multi tiered and include resource hoarding as well as pollution. Both of those have a disproportionate effect on rural communities, which is where the data centers are built. Those communities also are more likely to employ the workers whose jobs have already been replaced with AI.
It’s also really weird to minimize the trust aspect and then mention how healthcare workers have raised concerns about it. We’re already seeing necessary healthcare denied by insurance companies using AI to screen authorization requests.

Re: AI article this morning

[(Anonymous)]

I'm not going to give them the click$ they are looking for, but for me, it's because the negatives currently outweigh the positives.

Probably everyone here has already seen the viral tweet about AI creating art while people are still stuck doing the mundane daily tasks, but it's pretty true. I am not personally seeing any benefits in my life due to AI at this point in time.

I believe it has potential, and at some point it may greatly benefit the average, ordinary person. But in the capitalist hellscape we live in, it's not doing that right now. Instead, ordinary people are losing their jobs because of AI. AI "photos" and "videos" are being used to circulate misinformation. It is going to become increasingly difficult to trust images and videos you see on the internet.

If our society wasn't so focused on enriching the already-rich, AI wouldn't be so scary. I sometimes see proponents of AI say that someday AI will do the labor while people are free to do whatever they want, and that might happen, but I don't see it happening anytime soon. Again, the potential is there, but right now I think we are a long way from AI benefiting us.

And in a more practical, immediate, obvious way, the AI I see casually used is often garbage. Google AI summaries are very frequently completely and totally wrong. My phone and my PC want to shove AI down my throat, but they can't manage the simple tasks I ask of them.

Re: AI article this morning

[(Anonymous)]

Oh and I forgot the environment impact, and the impact on the costs of RAM, electricity, etc. Let's use a gallon of water so I can make an AI image of a unicorn farting out a rainbow on the moon. Ugh.

Re: AI article this morning

[(Anonymous)]

da

And that isn't even getting into the fucking AI surveillance by Flock and such, and internet ID verification. (Because AI most certainly never misidentifies, noooooo /s)

It sucks worse in the US because of delightful law enforcement that also most certainly never misidentifies or does anything crazy like threaten others or injure/kill fully cooperating people or any innocent bystanders. (also /s if that wasn't obvious)

This shit needs to be reined in and heavily regulated. It's not sustainable, but it pisses me off to think of the fucking damage it will do (and is already doing) before someone with a conscience and a spine puts a stop to it.

Re: AI article this morning

[(Anonymous)]

They weren't really asking why people are against AI but specifically about the article's point and weird take

Re: AI article this morning

[(Anonymous)]

+1. I don't think AI is inherently bad. But the way it is used right now isn't benefiting most people. I hate to blame everything on capitalism but seriously. Late stage capitalism ruins everything and that's where we're at right now. Meanwhile we have to see AI slop posted all over social media and even used to sell us items that aren't real.

Re: AI article this morning

[(Anonymous)]

Not reading the article but I'm not from the US and still hate AI. All my creative and environmentally conscious friends do, no matter their nationality.

Re: AI article this morning

[paperghost]

I haven't gotten to reading this, but I think this link will be useful: https://www.removepaywall.com/

(None of the options currently work for this article, but archive.is shits on me when I use a VPN in general.)

Re: AI article this morning

[(Anonymous)]

I fully support not giving for-profit media clicks.

That said and just FYI, the article is from the free morning newsletter, so it's not behind a paywall.

Re: AI article this morning

[paperghost]

I'm unable to view full NYT articles even though I have a free subscription and get email alerts, I'm not sure why. So I have to use this site sometimes.

Re: AI article this morning

[(Anonymous)]

Maybe it was written by AI.

Re: AI article this morning

[(Anonymous)]

Plot twist!

Ah, the internet is dead after all.

Re: AI article this morning

[(Anonymous)]

What sort of game is this?

Re: AI article this morning

[(Anonymous)]

Except it isn't.
In some countries, things are so bleak they're betting on the newest crap.
In some countries, they don't even realize how bad it's gotten.
And then there's whoever still manages to take a look at reality.

Reasons why AI sucks:
- internet used to be a place to share info. you know, someone on reddit struggled your struggle 5 years ago and all that. if gemini and chatgpt are answering questions, that's reshaping internet but ALSO making information more easily manipulated. re: ai induced psychosis
- and of course whatever fosters community ie old internet also makes people question hey maybe this isn't fair or whatever so they had to ruin it with astroturf before the final blow of ai fake news and videos
- the viral tweet someone else mentioned about art vs chores and the one about wanting to turn US into the machines and then pretending to freak out about sentient machines like nobody has seen a sci fi show about how bad it can get, no management decision tc
- stealing from well meaning artists who distributed art for free and I believe there is also a beautiful comic about this

it is reshaping the world, as always not for better except for those who control the means of production for as long as they can keep up the dream
that is not to say ai as a technology isn't great ie for surgery precision. but you know, precarization of doctors labor has never been more clear re: pandemic (and I say this as a healthcare person who was an essential worker in 2020)

This thread is so funny to me

[(Anonymous)]

OP: I don't understand the framing of this article or the motive, anyone want to help?

All the replies: Why I Hate AI.

Re: This thread is so funny to me

[(Anonymous)]

Not all of them, though.

OP - yeah, but...

[(Anonymous)]

Obviously the irony is amusing, but I think people have thoughtfully articulated valid concerns, and I understand why people wouldn't want to give clicks to the NYT Industrial Complex.

But I was hoping for some discussion about the biggest (arguably) liberal news corporation in the US choosing to spin the topic as Americans having "freakouts" (their words) over AI as though we are uniquely too stupid to realize and accept that AI is the global future.

Let me put it another way. The article reads to me as a preposterous scolding as though Americans' hatred amounts to xenophobia. Replace "AI" with "immigrants" as the concerns are listed.

They took our jobs!
They're using too many of our resources!
They commit crime and fraud!
We'll be stuck with them whether it works or not!

...only we're talking about artificial humanity.

Which is a very upsetting spin to me. And anon upthread nailed it, I think, when they said the motive was monetary. Plain and simple.

Re: OP - yeah, but...

[(Anonymous)]

DA
I didn't reply to the initial thread, but I agree with you. The title alone is dick sucking tech companies and trying to shame Americans. Based off comments I read here, the article is ignoring real concerns and issues real Americans have with AI.
And it's...par for the course that a publishing establishment that works in service of the wealthy will try to frame a narrative that is not critical of tech companies. Instead it drives this "I'm just asking questions" narrative that is actually trying to make Americans at large feel stupid or they're trying to lower our defenses so they can have wiggle room in debates to seem more legitimate.

Re: OP - yeah, but...

[(Anonymous)]

Thanks for giving a description of the article. I didn't wanna click it.

This reminds me of Satya Nadela trying to ask people not to call AI shit "Slop", and I read it this very morning. If this article is scolding people for hating on AI, and its source is people's discontent on AI, then it's an elephant they are trying to spin on.

To me, it's a sign rich assholes are finally realizing people are burnt out of AI, are now desperately trying to sell it to people, and are trying to convince their shareholders to keep pumping money.

Re: AI article this morning

[(Anonymous)]

I'm not reading the article because I don't like to reward clickbait but I can say that at least in my circles here in Germany, there is way more ambivalence for genAI than in the English speaking online spaces I frequent.

I think one part is job security - yes, companies are and will try to get rid of employees and replace them with AI, but the stricter employee rights doesn't make it an immediate life-affecting threat as it does in large parts of the US. At-will termination + a huge amount of people already on or below the poverty line and/or living paycheck to paycheck with poorer social security makes the threat loom a lot larger than it does here.

The environmental impacts also aren't as immediate - while they will affect us all *eventually*, they aren't present *right now*. Regulations and bureaucratic red tape from both the EU and Germany itself prevents building these huge, environmentally devastating data centers that are needed for AI.

I don't have an artsy friend group irl so I don't now where the ethical debate in terms of copyright and ownership falls here, but I assume that at least is similar to the US.

And in the end, I think a big part is just the current volatile climate in the US. There is a lot of tension and fear and AI is just one more piece of straw on a back that's already breaking, but it's a fairly safe one to rage against. Venting about AI won't get the National Guard sent to your city, or risk imploding your relationship with your family because of opposing political views.

So this is my take on why the reaction to AI in the US might really be different and more severe than in other places. As for why the NYT would write an article about it - because it's controversial, which means it generates buzz and gets clicks.