It's like saying only chipmunks care about trees

From what I gather, it's harder to do that than it sounds because multiple copies exist in different places. I'm pretty sure they all voted for it because it was going to pass anyway

(Ha, I was a little startled by your avi changing for me just as I replied!)

Yeah, I get that. I'm just disagreeing with equating the two sides. The ambiguity of "AI" (down to co-opting the term itself) is an intentional choice on the part of those hyping it. It's their narrative, they have the megaphones — I don't think you can expect a nuanced response to that!

(And I'd argue you can't really evaluate the value of the technology on a social scale independently of the rhetoric/ideology pushing it)

Regardless of the merits of the tech itself, that feels ugly 🤷‍♂️

Yeah, but I guess what I mean is: AI is being sold to us by all the big players as this nebulous but inevitable thing (which will also replace your job) and people are understandably responding negatively to that

The former seems like a pretty natural response to the latter, though.

I guess everyone seeing the mask come off is better than nothing

Just focus on how much Michael J Fox spins his arms when he's running into a scene. It's kind of mesmerizing!