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Why do the vast majority of people on Lemmy seem to HATE AI? (lemmy.zip)

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I’ve been on Lemmy for about 2 weeks now, and I’ve noticed a trend:

The VAST majority of posts that mention AI in any manner are some dig or criticism or some other negative commentary, and the rare ones that have anything positive to say about it almost always have negative whatever-Lemmy’s-version-of-karma-is.

I get that AI isn’t without its problems, especially Grok with that “Mechahitler” nonsense a bit ago, but there seems to be particular vitriol here. I’m genuinely curious to know why people hate it so much here.

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[-] davad@lemmy.world 52 points 4 days ago

Someone else can give a more comprehensive answer, but here are a couple bullet points:

Models trained by violating copyright
AI data centers using tons of water and power, driving up costs for local residents
AI data center noise pollution
"Slop" results (uncanny valley pictures, incorrect answers given confidently, etc)
Companies using AI as an excuse for anti-worker actions (notably massive layoffs)
Concern over how much of the largest companies valuation is tied to AI hype (because it affects everyone's retirement accounts)

this post was submitted on 28 Jun 2026

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