I work in VC and keep noticing the same response when people push back against AI: “They don’t understand.” Sometimes that’s absolutely true. New technologies attract irrational fear, bad information and plain old NIMBYism. But then the industry turns around and runs “STOP HIRING HUMANS” billboards, describes people as the “meatspace layer” for AI, unveils satanic goat robots that look like minor demons, and acts surprised when trust collapses. The data center backlash made me think there’s a much deeper problem here. A homeowner can understand why America needs more compute and still not want the costs dumped into their community. Silicon Valley thinks this is unreasonable and must be planted propaganda by China because how could anyone not want to live next to a hyperscale data center? I wrote a longer piece arguing that tech may be mistaking disagreement for ignorance. I’m curious what people here think about this ‘topic’. Does the AI industry mostly have a messaging problem, or is there a genuine failure to understand what ordinary people are worried about? Full disclosure, this is my nifty lil’ essay: https://www.gonzocapital.net/tech-doesnt-understand-why-you-dont-like-it/ submitted by /u/ArcanuMELO
Originally posted by u/ArcanuMELO on r/ArtificialInteligence
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