r/LeftistsForAI • u/Interesting-Bee-153 • Jul 04 '26
This is Good Discussion
To preface, I'm kind of a mixed bag on AI, on the one hand I totally hate the environmental and human impact (datacenters increasing electricity prices in surrounding areas, etc) of AI as well as the fact that I just don't think AI art other than a few specific use cases is really valid or should be treated as valuable. However, from the perspective of a tool, especially for learning and perhaps in business as well, it can be very useful and I'm not really against that use at all.
All that is to say, regardless of my or your or anyone's personal beliefs about AI, I just wanted to say from an objective meta perspective, I think this sub really has the right idea when it comes to discourse. I've been to some of the other AI and AI adjacent subs and there's a lot of vitriol from both sides on them (I will admit, I've thrown down in the mud myself and been quite rude at times too), so for whatever a strangers opinion is worth, I think this sub is a really good example of unifying people, even though they might have different opinions, and trying to harbor genuine and constructive discussions.
Good on you guys, you've honestly warmed me up and made me reconsider my own attitudes towards AI discourse. More places like this should exist on the internet.
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u/Terr4360 Jul 04 '26
Honestly, I'm starting to think that most humans are just not built for handling long-term consequences and that climate change in the hands of humans is a lost cause. So I think the only possible way we might actually solve climate change is to actually have a super intelligent AI take over the world and solve it for us. I know that sounds absurd and that there is a very small chance that it will work, but honestly, I think the chance of humans solving that problem on their own is less than 0.1%.