AI critics endorse automation ideals without realizing that's exactly what AI is
TheBardicScribe · reddit · 2026-11-11
A Redditor points out the contradiction in a TrekCulture video: the channel championed the Venus Project ideal of "automation doing work no one wants," freeing people from hated jobs — while distancing itself from "how AI is being used by corporations today." The poster argues this shows many AI opponents don't understand what they oppose: they actually support AI, just won't admit it.
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