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A coffee shop owner used AI to make a menu poster. Then came the angry DMs

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  1. Chance-Device · · focus · HN ↗
    This isn’t really about AI, it’s about a culture where threats and coercion in service of one’s own ideology have become normalised.
    1. sleepybrett · · focus · HN ↗
      No it's about people thinking that I should care about their business when they clearly do not. When you use AI in these lazy ways it's clear that you just don't care.
      1. AlexandrB · · focus · HN ↗
        Dude, small business owners only have so much to spend on marketing. Before it was AI, it was stock images or Microsoft clip art. I don't care that my plumber has bad logo, it saving money on a logo keeps him from selling to PE and enshittifying his business.
        1. sleepybrett · · focus · HN ↗
          Then they can bust out some chalk and write a menu. Honestly, it's not rocket science, it does not require AI.
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