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    > the audience is at least partially composed of people with little technical background or AI bros.

I have never seen the term "AI bros". What does it mean?

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A person with little or no technical background, that neither knows nor cares about AI (or other scientific/mathematical advancements) other than their potential to make the AI bro rich. There is a big overlap with crypto bros, and in fact many AI bros are just grifters who moved on after crypto tanked with the recent fed funds rate hikes.

> after crypto tanked with the recent fed funds rate hikes

When? It's at an all time high right now

Recent as in 18 months ago.

Not recent as in the last 3 months.

It's just someone who involves themselves in AI but as a slur.

Parent presumably coined the term but it's pretty clear what it means from similarly to techbro, brogrammer, cryptobro etc.

Kinda, pretty sure I've read it somewhere else before. Plus, it has entries in Urban Dictionary from early 2023.

Analogous to tech bro, crypto bro.

I.e. someone who has shallow technical understanding or independent thought, but is following trends in hopes of turning a profit.

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