one of hn’s core demographics (windbag grifters) fights with a bunch of skeptics over whether it’s a bad thing the medicine they’re selling is mostly cocaine and alcohol
one of hn’s core demographics (windbag grifters) fights with a bunch of skeptics over whether it’s a bad thing the medicine they’re selling is mostly cocaine and alcohol
from my experiences with our local (CT, ZA) branch of these types, skepticism gets receiver-parsed as disapproving negativity. they’re simply not open to the idea that you might be arguing against them on details, simply not agreeing gets cast as being on the other side of the fence from their beliefs
so before you could even get into the details of why a synthesis is often transitively a copyright problem, you first have to get them to even think you’re not arguing with their chosen church. and, well.
further evidence that AI bros are crypto bros with a different front end
it’s kind of like when the poker assholes all switched to chess