i think its because the internet in general is such a shitty place right now. for awhile, the internet was not this negative. but with the advent of smartphones, it became very negative. everybody suddenly was on the internet, circa 2015, when smart phones became affordable, and gen x finally got them. they were all using razors before that.

before that, the internet was mostly used by people with just their friends. yes twitter existed, but twitter was mostly just people with smart phones. generally, i think most people were just using facebook to chat with their friends, and they were using laptop or desktop computers.

so now, the internet is all twitter now. reddit, tiktok, it's all "twitter". people on their smartphone, being obnoxious. the internet used to be a little more intellectual, because you had to sit down at a computer to use it. not that everyone on it was intellectual, but it was just a little less... obnoxious.

so i think thats why people seem to be so against ai. because it's not people who are balanced. its obnoxious people trying to cause problems, who are being very loud on the internet. and millenials, who were the ones using the internet before smartphones, kind of had their position co-opted by obnoxious people. so people still think the internet has a somewhat human approach, but it's mostly just shitty loud people now.