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@thumbsup.eth
Posted a thread on x about a post on Mastodon and now I’m casting it here. Take that, efficiency! https://x.com/thumbsupfinance/status/1731083788610945114?s=46&t=auEJg0j8z8efjvrjS7sWVw
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elle
@riotgoools
whenever i've tried to discuss the tech with ppl i know (also left-leaning), they get very defensive bc it challenges/potentially threatens the illusion of security they feel with the status quo (that they also complain about.) so the response is to point at the ponzis and the enviro as a way to shut the convo down
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Roberto Bayardo 🎩
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I think some of it is also the far right element of certain crypto communities (usually from Bitcoin maxis) that tends to make the headlines. Elizabeth Warren's misinformation doesn't help either...
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I agree that’s definitely created an easy scapegoat
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Roberto Bayardo 🎩
@bayardo.eth
And for what it's worth in my demographic (center-left silicon valley gen X) it's far more anti-crypto than AI. Probably because AI has been paying a lot of the bills around here.
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elle
@riotgoools
in the non-tech art/creatives demo (very left on a lot of topics), many see ai as the end of the world. before that, nfts was the end of the world. a lot of artists i know are luddites tho (⌒_⌒;) some still don't believe in photoshop. they must be going nuts that adobe has been integrating more ai tools into ps
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Roberto Bayardo 🎩
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Noticed this too. Tech industry has generally had little respect for creative intellectual property concerns, so I understand some of their wariness towards generative AI. You think they'd get NFTs though!
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