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Anger at AI may stem from wounded vanity, commentator argues
Original: “Part of the anger at AI, I suspect, is wounded vanity; the machine reflects our defects back at us, multiplied, and the
A commentator argues that part of the public anger at artificial intelligence amounts to wounded vanity: the machine reflects human defects back at us, multiplied. He adds that the new humanism answering AI — claims that humans do it better, that only humans have feelings — conveniently forgets that the species being praised is the same one that produced the flawed systems in the first place. The observation has resonated in tech and media circles as AI backlash intensifies.
Why now: It offers a provocative psychological explanation for the ongoing backlash against AI that people find worth debating.
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- “Part of the anger at AI, I suspect, is wounded vanity; the machine reflects our defects back at us, multiplied, and the new humanism that answers it (humans do it better, only humans have feelings, etc) conveniently forgets that the species being praised is also the one that… · remixtures@tldr.nettime.org · 5
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