AI fear is rational and hate comes from fear

From a Bluesky thread of mine (lightly edited); Josh Marshall comments on widespread hostility to ai in polls despite heavy ai use: I think the polls are correctly capturing the zeitgeist. In social consensus there is always a mix of independent contributors. Some are indirect and misleading causes - like despising Elon Musk. But in this case I believe there are good reasons for people to fear ai.…