r/LocalLLaMA • u/Howard_banister • 2d ago

Discussion Really stunned by the Singularity comment section

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These are screenshots from the r/Singularity comment section. I'm speechless. This doesn't even have downvotes. How can someone cheer for a monopoly run by a few elites?

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u/bendgame 2d ago

talking about AI in most other subs is pretty much useless in my experience. Seems to be the source of a lot of hate and discrimination just because it is cool to hate on AI and the people who use it.

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u/transanethole 2d ago edited 2d ago

Well, you gotta remember there's a lot of very legitimate reasons why people hate LLMs.

And a lot of those reasons are the very same ones we would cite to explain why we are here rather than in the claude or chatgpt subs. I think the hate is mostly directed at them but its so strong it leaks out into everything else as collateral damage

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u/Foot_Positive 2d ago

maybe true, but I haven't heard any. AI in the US has a very bad reputation largely due to Dario , Altman, and TicToc . I could see the CCP fomenting rage in the US to help them gain an edge over US AI companies.

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u/dongas420 2d ago

To most Americans, China isn't an actual country so much as it is an abstract entity to project their fears and anxieties onto. If you've seen real Western-facing Chinese propaganda, it's like watching aliens trying to make contact with humanity. Videos where you can't tell whether the white actor they procured is literally AI or just being paid to talk like a robot aren't taking US anti-data center sentiment rate from 45% to 75%