Well I really hope you put your money where your mouth. That means: Never use AI (obviously). Never look up how to plant carrots on YouTube. Don't learn to play an instrument or paint. Anything that exploits public information and steals knowledge without compensation, like AI does, is off limits.

Otherwise you'd be an incredible hypoctrite. Especially since you've already extracted your share of wealth from tech before you saw the light and converted to ludditism.

Check yourself maybe. I'm generalizing what you said to fall into one of my own two buckets, because you said the investment will never see an adequate return..

Interesting how those who are united against AI have diverse reasons.

> Because we can already tell by the way you telegraphed the question you aren't worth wasting time on.

Nobody asked me before accusing me of bad intentions like you did, but I'll say anyway:

I think using technology to reduce human effort is entirely the point. I believe our economy needs to adapt to advancement, not the other way around. Not that it's going to be easy, but the anti-tech crowd are going to lose. You can't stop progress.

I know, an extreme philosophy to see on a tech forum.

I say this as someone who used AI to assist with real estate and legal issues recently with great success. And as a coder by trade that no longer writes code. And I'm amazed that anyone could say it's not amazing technology.

That's an absurd take imo.

So you fall into bucket #1. More generally that AI isn't useful. At least not useful enough to invest time or money in.

Which kindof shows that my question was reasonable. Multiple people on this thread have answered differently.

But still a lot of hostility and anti-tech sentiment.

I shared my assumption.

I asked the question to get a real perspective from someone who was already sharing. I didn't know their answer before I asked and still don't.

Also I never said #2 was unreasonable. And I don't blame anyone for being fearful either.

But there is an anti-tech sentiment on this tech site, and I find ironic and disappointing.

I don't care about downvotes. I'm just said that from my perspective anything positive about AI on this site will be met with them. What a twist for a tech site.

I don't normally see anyone on this site admit they are afraid of losing their jobs.

My comment here repeats that: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48260369

Personally I don't think the environment is a factor, because young people seem just fine with crypto. I also don't think the privacy issue is a factor because young people don't have much that can be stolen, and if anything they're the ones stealing (movies etc) without guilt.

I literally said I was asking genuinely.

It's either one of two reasons imo:

1. Their son hates "ai slop" and doesn't think AI is useful.

2. Their son is afraid of not being employable.

I see #1 the most here.

But I suspect it's a front because the posters don't want to admit #2. Hence my question.

I figured it's easier for someone to admit someone else is afraid than admit they are.

Its perfectly fine to automate away everyone else's job...except their own and their immediate family's. Then we're supposed to be anti-tech and this site becomes a political one.

That is unless you bring up wars or fascism or genocide. Because politics is off limits.

Or are you saying that learning is a violation of copyright?

I doubt it. If there was nothing behind the hysteria then there would be nothing to be afraid of.

If I was entry level I would be genuinely worried, because hysteria or not, I now have to compete with AI and prove I'm worth hiring. Not an easy thing to do.

So I don't think the anger is about not being able to find a job in the field today, it's about not being able to find one ever.

Oxymoron.

And you also risk pissing off the mafia boss and will suffer the consequences elsewhere. It's not a simple choice to sell or not sell with no strings attached. Its one power drunk bully and everyone else.

Because of US pressure, yes?

If the police prevent all grocery stores from selling you food and you starve, who do you blame: the police or the grocery stores?