AntiAi became Political
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  • 131 points ThatMoth420

    Woah really!

    https://preview.redd.it/hlqisb2d6o8g1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2ce8d3f1ae8754f5a7b53fc5ecc5f7ce1181a477

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    34 points Turbulent_Cost2058

    https://i.redd.it/uzcgc5oa9o8g1.gif

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    2 points throwaway19276i

    😭son😭😭😭

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  • 51 points Chef_Sizzlipede

    I thought this was about stonetoss until I saw it was kirk.

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    2 points Gobal_Outcast02

    Does Stonetoss use AI?

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    1 points AnonymousFluffy923

    Once

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  • 91 points rdditban24hrs

    Just unsubbed from r/ politics, too much political content.

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    14 points BahamutMael

    I mean supporting political murder is not the same as talking about AI in society, seems pretty basic logic

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  • 106 points mothmattress

    I think opposing AI is political mate

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    1 points CaptainjustusIII

    i suppose but not im gonna celebrate political assasination kind of political

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    -2 points animusd

    Not really basically most people hate it the only ones that like it are the ones that invested money into it like Microsoft, google and apple

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    19 points TheChivalrousWalrus

    That view is of the terminally online. Most people dont care or find it useful when they use it.

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    9 points bunker_man

    Most people don't care. The idea of hating ai barely exists out of white majority countries and even there most people just shrug unless they are terminally online. You have to be in a really tiny circlejerk to think the average person has a strong opinion about it at all.

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    -7 points iggavaxx

    Such a midwit take. "AI is a vaguely political issue, so you can't complain about far-left extremist celebration and justification of the murder of their political enemy in an anti-AI forum."

    You're going from a non-partisan discussion of a social/economic topic to explicitly partisan, extremist rhetoric. There's clearly an escalation there.

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    14 points flairsupply

    Theres a difference between saying he had bad views and 'celebrating' his death

    Not that I expect you to get that nuance. Im sure youre just as mad about the right making Reiners murder politicized though?

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    9 points Shay_the_Ent

    I may just not be caught up but is Kirk slander inherently making fun of his death or is it just shitting on Charlie Kirk?

    He got killed but he was still a loser. You’re allowed to make fun of a dweeb who spent his whole life in the public sphere, right?

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    1 points iggavaxx

    It is explicitly justifying and celebrating his death, like you are doing right now.

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    4 points Shay_the_Ent

    This has to be satire

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    2 points iggavaxx

    Ironyleft freaks when they encounter someone with sincere beliefs

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    9 points Turbulent_Cost2058

    https://i.redd.it/biyb254psp8g1.gif

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    -1 points ToobularBoobularJoy_

    Well if he didn't want people to laugh at him dying, maybe he shouldn't have said things like "It's worth it for people to die for the second amendment" and then proceed to die via gunshot

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    5 points iggavaxx

    "We're not justifying his murder" *justifies his murder*

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    -4 points ToobularBoobularJoy_

    I don't believe he should've been shot, but I cannot bring myself to give a shit that he was. Also, the whole "pro- people dying for gun rights person dies by gun violence" thing is very funny. Like "noooo it was supposed to be OTHER people dying for my right to bear arms!!!!!"

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    13 points iggavaxx

    In the span of two messages you go from "he had it coming," to "he shouldn't have been shot," to "I don't care," to "I find his death humorous." Those are all inherently contradictory statements.

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    -6 points ToobularBoobularJoy_

    I feel all of those things about his death, yes. Do you never have conflicting feelings about something? How simple of a life you must have to only think one thing about a given topic

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    9 points TheQomia

    He was shot with a hunting rifle which would not be banned by any realistic gun regulations. Hunting rifles arent banned even in Europe

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    -12 points OmriH7

    No it’s just Americans thinking the sun revolves around their shithole country

    Not every subreddit is about American politics ffs

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    1 points Chef_Sizzlipede

    Jfc rent free.

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  • 47 points PurpleThylacine

    Antiai has been political?

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    52 points SteelWarrior-

    No, you see, politics are when thing I don't like exists.

    The term honestly holds as much meaning as calling something woke at this point.

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    11 points Turbulent_Cost2058

    https://preview.redd.it/1e6bxx399o8g1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=588b7e9ed2d1156febab1fecb762a857f7c037d8

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    2 points RickyTovarish

    He’s clearly referring to the nonsense stated about Charlie Kirk, that’s politics unrelated to AI

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    0 points SteelWarrior-

    I must've missed that part of the title.

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    1 points RickyTovarish

    It should be obvious

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    0 points SteelWarrior-

    Ideally, unfortunately it isn't.

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    1 points RickyTovarish

    It is, you just lack basic reading comprehension, apparently

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    0 points SteelWarrior-

    I and 75 other people according to Reddit.

    Have you considered that you (and another ~25 people) just haven't seen the misuse of the term as much as we have?

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    1 points RickyTovarish

    There are a lot of dumb people on Reddit, pretty well known fact

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    5 points Narrow_Clothes_435

    Or ā€œracistā€.

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    1 points ShockDragon

    Or LGBTQ+, for some reason. Because apparently being the gender you want to be is somehow political?

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    -1 points bunker_man

    Even though opinions about AI are pretty evenly split along the political spectrum, terminally online people really want you to think otherwise.

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  • 33 points craftygamin

    Almost as if ai is a subject that's politically related

    https://i.redd.it/lb9o1e1ifo8g1.gif

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    3 points SwimmingYear7

    A good excuse to turn any sub into an infantile nazis vs. commies "discussion".

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    1 points bunker_man

    In this case both sides claim to be the communists though.

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    1 points RickyTovarish

    Are people intentionally being stupid? He’s clearly talking about the Charlie Kirk bit which is unrelated to AI

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  • 11 points DELCO-PHILLY-BOY

    The average poster in this sub has a single digit IQ

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  • 20 points syn46290

    They've always been political.

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  • 9 points spiritofporn

    You don't have to be a racist apologetic to disapprove of politically inspired murder.

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  • 3 points stable_maple

    There are so many layers of quoting

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  • 3 points Stupid_Archeologist

    There was always going to be politics in a subreddit about AI discourse that is is an inherently political issue

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  • 3 points engiegaming

    How can a sub called "AntiAi" not be political lmao

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  • 7 points Dreamo84

    It's been a political issue for a while now. I think it's just because of how many artists are on the left, conservatives started being like "well, if the commies hate AI, it must be a good thing!"

    Personally, I don't care either way.

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    10 points Kappapeachie

    There's plenty of conservatives who hate ai and lefist who like it so it's really a preference issue.

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    2 points Dreamo84

    Oh, I know this. But it still makes it a political issue. Plenty of political issues don't actually matter to everybody on either side, but ends up becoming an issue. Most people I know, left or right, don't honestly give two shits about Israel or Palestine, but it's still a political issue.

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    1 points CaptainjustusIII

    indeed. even matt walsh hates ai generated art

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    3 points bunker_man

    Stats show that political leanings don't really influence your views on ai much at all. The idea that it's split along political lines is largely a myth. People see an alt right person use ai but gloss over all the pastors who got offended that they saw a Jesus chatbot and started preaching that ai is the devil.

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    1 points Tech_Romancer1

    Could I see these stats? Not saying I'm in disagreement. Just interested.

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    3 points bunker_man

    https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/11/06/republicans-democrats-now-equally-concerned-about-ai-in-daily-life-but-views-on-regulation-differ/

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  • 3 points dotdedo

    I unsubbed from there because it's an unmodded sub. Rules clearly state ai images need to be censored, but they literally never are and its never enforced. It quickly became just another ai slob posting subreddit.

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  • 2 points AvidAviator72

    AntiAi just admitting they are uneducated about the subject lmao

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  • 0 points UploadedMind

    Meh it’s not clear cut. I’m a leftist and I think AI is great and vitally important. AI companies suck, but not because they are ā€œstealing artists’ work.ā€ The amount a single artist contributes is negligible. I don’t believe in strict IP laws anyway.

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    1 points ShockDragon

    The biggest reason they suck is BECAUSE they steal artworks AND work in general from artists in the first place. Other reasons is because they’re costly, environmentally damaging due to excess resource consumption, and are overall way lower quality than actual art. This is some Pro-AI bologna.

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    0 points UploadedMind

    I’m aware that’s what you believe. I don’t dislike them for that reason. I don’t think artists have a right to keep their publicly available art from being used to train AI. I think intellectual property is already too intense. I think every AI company should be forced to be open source too however, because I’m consistent.

    I dislike them because they are trying to control the world, block out competitors, and make sure they can’t be regulated by the people, and are barreling us to risky uncharted territory with reckless abandon.

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    1 points ShockDragon

    Yes, competition is the problem. Not everything else. Shouldn’t expect more from a Pro-AI user. You guys tend to not be very bright to begin with if you’re already defending AI despite the damages it causes.

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  • 0 points CaptainjustusIII

    same i hate ai with a passion, but in typical reddit fashion they had to insert unrelated political stuff untill the point the subreddit became unbearable. but even i didnt expect they would celebrate political assasination to this extend.

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    3 points AnonymousFluffy923

    This is what I meant when I posted this

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  • 0 points smooth-move-ferguson

    Well yeah, a big part of the AntiAI movement are artists, musicians, writers and other creatives. Guess what side of the political spectrum they occupy?

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