Comment Comment by r5109 Rob Pike cares. In other places apart from HN there is more resistance. Perceived lack of resistance has multiple reasons:- Criticism of AI is discouraged or flagged on most industry owned platforms.- The loudest pro-AI software engineers work for companies that financially benefit from AI.- Many are silent because they fear reprisals.- Many software engineers lack agency and prefer to sit back and understand what is happening instead of shaping what is happening.- Many software engineers are politically naive and easily exploited.Artists have a broader view and are often not employed by the perpetrators of the theft. parent r5109 6 months ago
- Criticism of AI is discouraged or flagged on most industry owned platforms.
- The loudest pro-AI software engineers work for companies that financially benefit from AI.
- Many are silent because they fear reprisals.
- Many software engineers lack agency and prefer to sit back and understand what is happening instead of shaping what is happening.
- Many software engineers are politically naive and easily exploited.
Artists have a broader view and are often not employed by the perpetrators of the theft.