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'That's so AI ' What gen Alpha's biggest insult tells us

216 points · 323 comments · YeGoblynQueenne

DarkNova6 · 1790255345 · focus · HN ↗
I am more and more convinced that young people have a much better understanding of technology and especially its impact on society.
1. sunaookami · 1790255802 · focus · HN ↗
  They can't even use a computer, they struggle with basic computer knowledge because they grow up with closed ecosystems and most of them only have smartphones, not a desktop PC. They are called "Digital Naives" (sic) for a reason.
  1. junon · 1790256035 · focus · HN ↗
    Opposite of my experience. A few family members and their friends invited me to a discord server recently; I'll join for games some nights. They're very acutely aware of how things work. We talk a lot about how even their schoolmates don't really use social media much (at least, not the big ones) and despise AI.
    Gives me some hope that the kids will be alright.
    letmevoteplease · 1790256250 · focus · HN ↗
    Most of them are using AI for all their schoolwork while performatively hating it because "it wastes water" or some other half-understood meme.
    r_lee · 1790256643 · focus · HN ↗
    no? it's because nobody likes AI slop
    satvikpendem · 1790319354 · focus · HN ↗
    If nobody likes it then why do they all make and use it? Revealed preferences.
    r_lee · 1790339714 · focus · HN ↗
    there's no way you actually didn't understand what I meant right?
    using LLMs to learn for example is not the same as enjoying AI slop posters/art etc
    satvikpendem · 1790341677 · focus · HN ↗
    I'm talking about the latter. Lots of people make slop art and use AI slop for their school essays as mentioned above. Just a few days ago we had this: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49764791">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49764791
    r_lee · 1790342864 · focus · HN ↗
    I'm not one bit surprised that you'd use the path of least resistance to do some essay that you could care less about.
    hating AI slop overall like seeing it in shirts or something like that is not performative.
    satvikpendem · 1790349970 · focus · HN ↗
    That's the part that's performative, they use it, and maybe even like using it, but then outwardly say how much they hate it. I feel like you're not getting that point about what others here are saying.
    r_lee · 1790361669 · focus · HN ↗
    because nobody says "I hate x y and z uses of AI", especially the youth.
    like with that logic, everybody loves AI and all the uses of it because they're not being specific enough in their speech
    satvikpendem · 1790362689 · focus · HN ↗
    They like some uses of it, but say they hate all of it, that is the performative part.
    r_lee · 1790376862 · focus · HN ↗
    I don't think anyone hates all of AI except a minority
    and even if you would hate AI, you don't really have a choice anymore since employers will expect you to be more productive due to it
    but I definitely see a bunch of hate towards the dystopian aspects of it and as mentioned before, the whole slop thing and how you see AI slop everywhere now. it definitely evokes a very negative feeling in me when I see something like that
    satvikpendem · 1790389705 · focus · HN ↗
    That's our point. No one hates all of it yet some people such as some of the Gen Alpha kids as shown in the article performatively act as if they do. Sounds like you're agreeing with us here in this thread.

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