Bursting My AI Bubble
The author reflects on their experience with AI after moving to Spain, feeling isolated from those who embrace the technology. They express a sense of disconnection from friends who use AI casually in gaming and work environments. This realization has led them to confront their critical stance on AI and the societal implications it carries.
- ▪The author has been part of a critical community regarding AI technology.
- ▪After moving, they encountered people who use AI enthusiastically for gaming and work.
- ▪This experience highlighted a gap in kinship and understanding between the author and those who support AI.
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Bursting my AI bubble 22 May, 2026 I’ve been having some thoughts about AI since moving to spain and reading Super Lemon’s post today inspired me to try and write them out and explain them to myself. I feel like I’ve been in an AI bubble. Not the hype bubble that keeps growing and I just want to see burst. Instead, I’ve been part of a bubble of people that are openly cynical, dismissive, and (imo) justly critical of the technology, its development cycles, its uses, and its impact and consequences. I grew accustomed to being part of a network of people who openly mock the notion that AI is going to deliver us, or that AI is the future and that adoption is inevitable and you don’t want to be left behind.
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