AI seems to elicit a different response from people than any other debate I can remember. It's different to blockchain (which had a similar level of "will you all just shut the fuck up about it?")
It's different to culture war stuff (which was very toxic and hard to have sensible discussions about - but in a different way).
It's the only topic in my lifetime where I have to remember not to even mention it to several close friends. And these are geeky people I have a lot of shared interests in common with.
I'm over 50 and I remember a lot of controversial topics - but this one is weird in a different way.
It's different to culture war stuff (which was very toxic and hard to have sensible discussions about - but in a different way).
It's the only topic in my lifetime where I have to remember not to even mention it to several close friends. And these are geeky people I have a lot of shared interests in common with.
I'm over 50 and I remember a lot of controversial topics - but this one is weird in a different way.