Re:Why is Everyone in Tech so sad?
by ajkjk on Friday August 07, 2026 @04:28PM
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Same. HN comments would (maybe still do) accuse you of astroturfing if you said you preferred an office. Not that much stock should be put in strangers accusing you, but, it was telling how ignorant it was.
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I believe "LLMs are useful"* is the current zeitgeist's version of "Working from the office has upsides", in terms of attracting astroturfing accusations over expressing an opinion held by many.
* simplifying, of course.
Re:Why is Everyone in Tech so sad?
by titanomachy on Friday August 07, 2026 @06:37PM
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And the gold medal in the 2026 Motivated Reasoning Olympics goes to... the AI deniers!
EDIT: wow, I had this lodged in my brain without even realizing it was an XKCD reference
I agree, somewhat, but that is a much more evidence-backed stance---they're obviously useful in a sense; the debate is over what worldview / posture one ought to adopt as a result of that.
Whereas the RTO stuff was a debate between an entirely emotionally-motivated argument, "I don't want to work in an office therefore I must deny that anyone wants to in order to prevent the idea from getting airtime", versus the obvious reality that there are a range of stances on the subject.