Blogger Returns to AI Field Amidst Growing Backlash
ducha_aiki · x · 2026-08-18
As backlash against AI grows and friends become fervently anti-AI, blogger Rachel decided to return to the increasingly hated field. She acknowledges there is much that is terrible about AI and started a thread to explain why she returned. This reflects the internal division and reflection within the tech community regarding AI development.
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