Soatok DreamseekerMay 4, 2025

Tech Companies Apparently Do Not Understand Why We Dislike AI

It's becoming increasingly apparent that one of the reasons why tech companies are so enthusiastic about shoving AI into every product and service is that they fundamentally do not understand why people dislike AI. I will elaborate. I was recently made aware of the Jetbrains developer ecosystem survey, which included a lot of questions about AI. After I answered some of them negatively (and possibly…

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Tech Companies Apparently Do Not Understand Why We Dislike AI - Dhole Moments

It’s becoming increasingly apparent that one of the reasons why tech companies are so enthusiastic about shoving AI into every product and service is that they fundamentally do not understand…

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Show threadSoatok DreamseekerMay 4, 2025
(Before anyone complains about the goatse with incorrect numbers of fingers: The other obvious parody of OpenAI's logo is a hate symbol and I didn't want to go with that.)
Show threadSoatok DreamseekerMay 4, 2025
Oops.
Show threadSoatok DreamseekerMay 5, 2025
Hacker News and its vaunted "meritocracy", folks:
Show threadphryk 🏴May 5, 2025
@soatok How dare you show any personality! Go and be boring like the rest of us, goddammit!
Show threadSoatok DreamseekerMay 5, 2025

@phryk This is always the funniest and dumbest cycle:

  • I write something on my furry blog.
  • Someone else submits it to Hacker news.
  • Someone complains about the furry art on my furry blog.
    • Show threadclang-enbyMay 5, 2025

    @soatok @phryk

    > Furry blog
    > looks inside
    > Furry content

    Hmm yes, the floor here is indeed made of floor.

    Show threadGreenSkyOverMe (Monika)May 5, 2025
    @sudo200 @soatok @phryk Did they think we were kidding with the photos of a bunch of furries on a plane and the title „if this plane crashes the world IT infrastructure will collapse“?
    Show threadclang-enby

    @GreenSkyOverMe @soatok @phryk

    I never was and never will be a HackerNews user, but using basic observability tools (e.g. my eyes) I immediately noticed some entities on said platform are - to stay polite - not the sharpest tool in the digital shed.

    May 5, 2025 at 2:32pmWeb