Electrician Making $300K at a Data Center Ostracized by Friends as Normie AI Backlash Widens
mike64_t · x · 2026-09-28
An electrician earning $300K at a data center got ostracized by his closest friends, sparking a debate on X about how much normies hate AI. fleshsimulator argues SF techies wildly underestimate this backlash; mike64t counters that what normies hate about AI is misplaced, while AI's real problems are beyond their comprehension — so just ignore them.
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