Comment on Pro-AI Subreddit Bans 'Uptick' of Users Who Suffer from AI Delusions
chaosCruiser@futurology.today 1 week agoThe Internet is a pretty big place. There’s no such thing as an idea that is too stupid. There’s always at least a few people who will turn that idea into a central tenet of their life. It could be too stupid for 99.999% of the population, but that still leaves about 5 000 people who are totally into it.
thebestaquaman@lemmy.world 1 week ago
And the glory of the interwebz is that those 5000 people are bound to find each other and start a movement around it, where just 25 years ago they would be laughed out of the local pub as a raving idiot…
chaosCruiser@futurology.today 1 week ago
And that’s exactly why we have flat-earthers, antivaxxers and “truthers” of various kinds. Although, due to the same phenomenon, we also have communities like !WhatsThisRock@lemmy.world, !capybara@lemmy.smeargle.fans, !NatureIsMetal@kbin.social, !captionthis@hilariouschaos.com, !HandmadeMarketplace and so many other interesting and quirky places.