Prakash and Taylor Lorenz argue that financial incentives and audience capture drive profitable, contradictory anti-AI content
Creators profit by validating public anxiety with highly negative content.
Many users dismiss anti-AI claims as inconsistent and absurd while criticizing anti-AI content creators as grifters exploiting audience anger for profit.
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It's among the most profitable type of content to make rn bc it performs so well! The more anti-AI & hyperbolic the better. Ppl are angry and they want content that confirms their worst beliefs about AI. This has led to a lot of engagement bait grifters making $ off anti AI slop
Case in point: all the Facebook pages and meme accounts raking in tons of money by pivoting to posting anti data center AI generated graphics. I covered this on my podcast recently. https://www.404media.co/ai-grifters-are-making-anti-data-center-slop-with-ai/
@8teAPi And on their third hand claiming it will take all the jobs and crash the economy.