X’s AI backlash feels like the early-PC hobbyist era all over again
DavidmComfort · x · 2026-07-22
The author argues that the amount of AI hostility on X/Twitter feels similar to people attacking early PC hobbyists or early PC gamers: a new technology is being treated as if its enthusiasts were somehow embarrassing or dangerous.
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