Which is weird because I was told for years now that the general public hates AI, but when I bring it up to people in real life not in the tech industry, they're generally positive about it.
it's jolting how little AI skepticism has reached the general public. i've had many acquaintances ask whether i use AI for research and seem shocked when i tell them it's completely useless for that purpose. my wife recently told her colleagues about hallucinations and it was news to all of them.
May 7, 2025 17:19I honestly think the problem is not AI, but the conflation between AI, crypto, LLMs, and stolen art.
Basically all these buzzwords came out at the same time roughly, and people took the negative traits from one, and applied it to all of them. (The AI energy claims is an example.)
Exactly
I think the other issue is that there is a massive difference in terms of quality between the free and premium AIs available.
But our programs are all inundated with the free versions, and on top of that, we're being told that they'll replace us, which is insulting considering their ineptitude.
Because the average person sees that it can hold a conversation or make a conherent image and goes "wow cool robot" and they arent wrong
