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AI optimism is a class privilege

from Josh Collinsworth [alt+shift+b] in programming

Along the vast divide between AI optimists and pessimists, the main factor in determining which side you fall on may be where you see yourself in the future: above the effects of AI, or beneath them.
3rd Dec 2025

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