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Are they? I heard a presentation from some pro-AI people on Friday to the large company I work at. They said they surveyed people at an AI conference and 93% of people were excited about it.

This was said with a straight face like “people love puppies!”.

No self awareness at all.

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Think about what the implication here is for people who answered no to that question. If I were to go up to my boss and say "I'm not interested using AI because I think it's bad for society" I would essentially be saying that I'm not interested in becoming more productive and thus making more money for the company. That's a very poor reputation to be carrying around and most people are going to avoid it. I believe that this, more than any specific actions by AI companies, has contributed to the sense of inevitability that this technology is taking over whether we want it or not.

In consulting firms and corporations you kind of have to pretend to be into it, it's just the culture.

It is hazardous to swim against that tide currently from a career perspective - people rapidly categorise you as generically anti-AI even if you try to express a reasonable nuanced view. It's pretty toxic.

Sometimes an employer will tell you what your view on AI is too, and make you sign an agreement.

Ask anyone who is a gamer what they think of AI. I guarantee you'll get a universally negative reaction because of RAMageddon.

Not just that, they go absolutely fucking ballistic if they in so much as find a single AI generated texture in a game.

See the terrible DLSS 5 fiasco.

> they surveyed people at an AI conference

You can tell that everyone loves chain buffet restaurants by going to Golden Corral and asking everybody if they are enjoying their meals

yes, the Kelvin Benjamin agent

I wonder what result you would get if you run survey about do people love dogs at dog show...

Also, looking at current market situation how many people would be willing to say to their bosses or even publicly that they think AI is quite a lot of bullshit.

Exactly.

My new favorite game at work is "guess if this person is really into AI or they just have to be because their boss is and if they weren't they would get replaced by someone who is" and it's quite hard to say.

And since the "boss" of CEOs are the investors in the stock market, and the stock market is automated to ridiculous degree, is this AI pushing for itself?

it seems to be a case of nonrepresentative sample bias

Obviously. But they’re using it as “evidence” that goes their confirmation bias.

Meanwhile I saw some survey where only something like a third of Gen Z and lower are pro-AI.

Of course the survey also said like 70%+ of them still used it.

> They said they surveyed people at an AI conference and 93% of people were excited about it.

LOL. That's like saying 93% of people who go to Star Wars conventions like Star Wars.

Oh, I love puppies! There's another data point for them.

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