The anti-AI thread

[nakedfrog]

Oh, was Bullshitpedia taken?

 

[Kaido]

Nvidia CEO Says Everyone Should Stop Being So Negative About AI:

“I think we’ve done a lot of damage with very well-respected people who have painted a doomer narrative, end of the world narrative, science fiction narrative,” Huang said. “And I appreciate that many of us grew up and enjoyed science fiction, but it’s not helpful. It’s not helpful to people. It’s not helpful to the industry. It’s not helpful to society. It’s not helpful to the governments.”

AI doomers are one thing, but there are very real, documented negative effects of AI:

* Job losses
* Wholesale theft
* Electricity prices
* Pollution & water usage
* RAM & GPU skyrocketing prices

 

[lxskllr]

You forgot damaging psychologically vulnerable people, up to and including death.

I don't think it's particularly controversial saying the world is worse with ai in it. It's meager benefits are far outweighed by the detriments.

 

[Kaido]

You forgot damaging psychologically vulnerable people, up to and including death.

I don't think it's particularly controversial saying the world is worse with ai in it. It's meager benefits are far outweighed by the detriments.

I often feel that smartphones have been a net loss for humanity as well, especially kids

 

[lxskllr]

Yea, I could buy that. Too addictive, with companies acting to get people addicted. The companies are basically predators hunting people without the knowledge or discipline to resist.

 

[Kaido]

Yea, I could buy that. Too addictive, with companies acting to get people addicted. The companies are basically predators hunting people without the knowledge or discipline to resist.

Portable screens = "dopamine casinos"

https://thehill.com/policy/technology/354574-the-engineer-that-created-the-facebook-like-now-limits-his-use-of-facebook/

 

[Red Squirrel]

Nvidia CEO Says Everyone Should Stop Being So Negative About AI:



AI doomers are one thing, but there are very real, documented negative effects of AI:

* Job losses
* Wholesale theft
* Electricity prices
* Pollution & water usage
* RAM & GPU skyrocketing prices

I like how AI CEOs are getting annoyed at fact that people are annoyed by AI now. I think the novelty is wearing off for many especially because of how hard they are pushing it everywhere and what they've done to the market. It's just too much too fast.

 

[mikeymikec]

I like how AI CEOs are getting annoyed at fact that people are annoyed by AI now.

My guess is that AI CEOs were always of the opinion that hell is other people, and this development in public opinion reinforces their view. All the more reason to destroy tonnes of jobs!

 

[IronWing]

When Copilot popped up in notepad.exe, I knew that AI, computers, human civilization, and DNA-based life had jumped the shark.

 

[mikeymikec]

Portable screens = "dopamine casinos"

+1. Is that a line you came up with?

 

[Kaido]

 

[Kaido]

+1. Is that a line you came up with?

Oh no, it's a well-documented term in the ADHD world haha

Throw in some anxiety & you get doom-scrolling!

 

[mikeymikec]

Oh no, it's a well-documented term in the ADHD world haha

Throw in some anxiety & you get doom-scrolling!

<side-eye at my wife> Watching my wife scroll and scroll and scroll, and hearing the kind of stuff she often watches makes me think of the 'TV dramas' in 'Fahrenheit 451'

 

[Red Squirrel]

Apparently about 20% of Teams is vibe coded.

No wonder it's such a piece of crap lol.

 

[mikeymikec]

AI agents now have their own Reddit-style social network, and it's getting weird fast

Moltbook lets 32,000 AI bots trade jokes, tips, and complaints about humans.

arstechnica.com

Probably horseshit (ie. someone prompted bots to emulate a social network, IMO), but one of the comments talking about the likely astronomical power usage was interesting (Ctrl+F for 'MW').

 

[Kaido]

AI agents now have their own Reddit-style social network, and it's getting weird fast

Moltbook lets 32,000 AI bots trade jokes, tips, and complaints about humans.

arstechnica.com

It's happening sooner than we thought!

Security researchers have already found hundreds of exposed Moltbot instances leaking API keys, credentials, and conversation histories. Palo Alto Networks warned that Moltbot represents what Willison often calls a “lethal trifecta” of access to private data, exposure to untrusted content, and the ability to communicate externally.

 

[mikeymikec]

It's happening sooner than we thought!

Turns out typical AI passwords are DOB and mother's maiden name, and posting credentials on forums are the nearest equivalent they could find to a password written on a post-it note stuck to a monitor

 

[Red Squirrel]

Need to send these bots to my forum so it can actually get activity.

 

[Kaido]

SpaceX has acquired xAI, merging Elon Musk's aerospace company with his AI startup. This deal, announced on February 2, 2026, creates a combined entity valued at around $1.25 trillion:

Terms of the deal were not disclosed. However, a source familiar said it valued xAI at $125bn (£91bn) and SpaceX at $1tn, making it the most valuable private company ever.

Elon Musk's SpaceX confirms it is taking over xAI

Musk's space exploration company and his AI start-up are merging.

www.bbc.com

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/technology/spacex-xai-deal.html

 

[Kaido]

Firefox adds AI Killswitch:

Finally! Firefox just gave you an AI kill switch

New versions of Firefox will let you totally disable all AI features with a single toggle

www.pcworld.com

 

[nakedfrog]

Good for them, reading the room.
Now, just give me another one that kills any and all Firefox notifications I didn't ask for, and disable the new tab that appears after an update

 

[Kaido]

Good for them, reading the room.
Now, just give me another one that kills any and all Firefox notifications I didn't ask for, and disable the new tab that appears after an update

 

[nakedfrog]

I was a Netscape fan, and started using Firefox with Phoenix 0.3

 

[lxskllr]

I wasn't online for netscape. When I started using it, firefox was called firebird for about a week before changing to firefox. I've never used anything else since.

 

[IronWing]

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Netscape taught the industry that it was okay to ignore the HTML standard and broke the web. Microsoft ran with that idea and destroyed Netscape. Nothing good came from moving away from Mosaic.