Why is Everyone in Tech so sad?

Re:Why is Everyone in Tech so sad? by mh- on Friday August 07, 2026 @05:17PM (#49216341)

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.

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Re:Why is Everyone in Tech so sad? by titanomachy on Friday August 07, 2026 @06:37PM (#49217072)

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

https://xkcd.com/2167/

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Re:Why is Everyone in Tech so sad? by ajkjk on Saturday August 08, 2026 @04:15PM (#49225480)

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.

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