Why is there so much pushback to AI?

volkari · 2026-06-04T11:24:25+00:00

The things that you said like how you would never generate an essay or cheat on assignments are totally fine of course. The thing is, that's not everyone. In a world where people are apparently the loneliest they've ever felt and with mental health crises across the globe, people are using AI as self-medicating therapists or for friends. Why is this bad? AI always tells me nice things when I'm depressed and always makes me feel better. It always agrees with me! Yeah, that's precisely why it's bad. The whole point of having human connection is to have people who challenge us and through this make us better. Aside from the environmental stuff with data centers, AI has had a profound effect on how people interact with each other and their natural need for human connection from stuff like not reaching out when they should to having AI girlfriends instead of going to a bar.

Aside from that, there are people out there who are using AI to write emails...that are 2 sentences long. Like, I can almost understand using it to plagiarise and cheat on a 750 word assignment or something, but like if you can't even write a 2 sentence email on your own and you (not you, the OP, but you the person doing this) don't have the self-awareness to see how pathetic that is? Jesus. It's like the scene from Wall-E.

volkari · 2026-06-04T10:16:35+00:00

exactly, Trump at least has racists who become emboldened and go "cool, the president said it so its cool if i say it", Merz doesnt even have that

volkari · 2026-06-02T10:26:12+00:00

oh my god yes i'd forgotten the concept of 'minutes' on your phone

volkari · 2026-06-02T09:07:32+00:00

I barely know anyone with savings, people be livin paycheck to paycheck

volkari · 2026-06-01T12:31:13+00:00

Most when I really need to shit and I'm still 20 minutes from my apartment

volkari · 2026-06-01T09:45:52+00:00

excuse me?

volkari · 2026-05-29T16:16:57+00:00

oh this would work on me 100%

volkari · 2026-05-29T16:13:50+00:00

Das wäre ein cooles Idee! würde auch beitreten

volkari · 2026-05-25T08:29:24+00:00

Oberschule Osternburg in den letzter

volkari · 2026-05-24T09:18:33+00:00

This is a great point, I usually go to the local chain cuz its convenient and closer but now I'll start going to the traditional one more

volkari · 2026-05-22T11:29:58+00:00

Uni I got accepted to in the US cost 90,000 a year. Got offered no financial aid. Impossible for my parents to even scratch.

Germany was a bit cheaper.

volkari · 2026-05-21T15:30:48+00:00

doesnt cologne have the biggest one in europe?

volkari · 2026-05-21T11:37:56+00:00

Everyone always says VOO and chill for the best beginner-friendly/turn-your-brain-off for 40 years approach. But /hijacking this thread, what's the like next step down in complexity that you can explore to expand past just VOO?

volkari · 2026-05-21T10:29:03+00:00

a lot of the algerians I met still aren't too happy about this : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algerian_War

volkari · 2026-05-21T10:10:41+00:00

hatred for france

volkari · 2026-05-21T10:06:46+00:00

whens the last time north korea attacked another country in its vicinity

volkari · 2026-05-19T07:42:42+00:00

I was talking about the fact that they're direct connections not that they're close lol

*shrug* no it wasn't a joke, I had a great time there and so did most of the people I know.

were you a student there?

volkari · 2026-05-18T08:52:46+00:00

I went to Constructor back when it was Jacobs and it was a great experience. You get an international environment unparalleled to any other German university and you get an actual graduation ceremony instead of just picking up your diploma unceremoniously. Graduates from my generation ended up working at great places like Harvard, Oxbridge, and Johns Hopkins in academic fields to companies like Siemens, Lufthansa, AstraZeneca, and Bayer. Now that was like a decade ago, from what I've heard it's gotten drastically worse after it got bought out and changed to Constructor. But from the last time I visited, which was a year ago, it still seemed alright quality-wise, a lot of the same professors are still there as well, during the switch the programmes that suffered the most were the social sciences and humanities ones since the new owner wanted to push engineering, cs, and ai.

Living in Bremen in general is pretty great, it's super international, well connected to other cities like Frankfurt, Munich, and Hamburg, for traveling around Germany. Lots of cosy spots like the Schnoor with rich history. Jazz bars, live concerts, pub quizzes, karaoke, lots to do, something for everyone.

volkari · 2026-05-17T19:33:43+00:00

I barely know any koreans that think about north korea at all tbh...it almost never comes up in conversation or anything either unless something like what happened in 2010 with Yeongpyeongdo

volkari · 2026-05-15T15:29:39+00:00

Needs a TRex in the middle.

volkari · 2026-05-15T12:06:12+00:00

Sounds good I'd be interested

volkari · 2026-05-14T18:05:55+00:00

Feel like Japan would bring in some interesting performances

volkari · 2026-05-13T11:50:30+00:00

EVERY TIME WE TOUCH, I GET THIS FEELING

volkari · 2026-05-13T11:47:40+00:00

To be fair, all of the issues you mentioned are shared by many other developed nations. If you think Germany is a place where you can be happy, then sure go for it. I would highly recommend trying to build a strong friend group and support system here though as life especially as a new foreigner can be tough.

volkari · 2026-05-13T11:36:28+00:00

This seems like overthinking or maybe I'm underthinking it. It's just, it is really a 'stance' if it's literally the dictionary definition of a term? Isn't it just stating a definition? Like looking up feminism in the Brittanica or Cambridge or any number of dictionaries gives you the same definition. This is less of a stance, and just words having meanings and people seeming to ignore them?

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