As a non techie and former NorCal resident I already associate the tech sector with skyrocketing housing costs, sidewalks blocked by rentable scooters, union busting gigs in place of cabs, the potential danger of self driving vehicles. I was okay curating email datasets for a sales AI intended to aid existing sales people by sorting email. Creating AI “art” intended to not aid but replace, which targets skills I actually wish I could use and veers into art theft, manages to trigger all the rage.
Like… Computer anything always has this aspect for me of “this is tremendously useful and innovative AND means someone else are the wanted valued people with all the perks huge incomes provide, like literal safety” (a huge personal button from elitism in childhood schools, which remained difficult during the dot boom etc). With AI art there isn’t the aspect of “tremendously useful” and I’m right back to my angriest, pettiest resentment of the tech sector.
@Leucrotta Tech bros want their chance at disruptive infamy and their slice of late stage capitalism. It wasn't always like this. It doesn't have to be like this.