Re:AI Resistance: some recent anti-AI stuff that’s worth dis...
by slg on Monday April 20, 2026 @05:53PM
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>There are many different groups of anti-AI people with different beliefs.
See my other comment. I qualified what I said while the comment I replied to didn't, so it's weird that this is a response to me and not the prior comment.
>here, paraphrased: "significant existential risks from AI is actually marketing hype by pro-AI fanatics"
If we're talking "dishonest rhetoric", this is a dishonest framing of what I said. I'm not saying this is inherently intentional marketing hype. I'm saying there is a correlation between someone who thinks AI is that powerful and someone who thinks AI will benefit humanity. The anti-AI crowd is less likely to be a believer in AI's unique power and will simply look at it as a tool wielded by humans which means critiques of it will simply mirror critiques of humanity.
This attempt to "reframe and reclaim" (here, paraphrased: "significant existential risks from AI is actually marketing hype by pro-AI fanatics") is a rhetorical device, but not an honest one. It's a power struggle over who gets to define and lead "the" anti-AI movement.
We may agree or disagree with them but there are rational anti-AI arguments that center on X-risks.