I haven't been on Mastodon for all that long, but browsing the #ChatGPT tag today, for the first time I was happy to find there is a mute button - and that is a good thing. 
@boris_steipe The people on the tag have gone pretty negative in the past week. Lots of emotion.
Glad that I'm not the only one to notice.
You know, here's my new conspiracy theory: If I were a Russian disinformation strategist, that's exactly what I would do. Destroy the perception of positives, emphasize the risks, fuel outrage, don't engage in debates but rehash soundbites, use catchy metaphors, no matter how misleading, drown out constructive ideas – whatever you can do to create the next wedge issue that distracts us from building a capable, compassionate, and fair society.
Actually, I should hope that there is some nefarious hand behind this: the dystopian alternative would be that we are happily doing this to ourselves. Though, unfortunately, Hanlon's razor applies ...
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