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AI optimism is a class privilege - Josh Collinsworth blog

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I think I have an idea why we're so extremely divided on AI: it's because we have an intuitive sense of who it stands to benefit, and who stands to pay the costs. I think whether you see reason for optimism has a lot to do with which group you see yourself in.

AI optimism is a class privilege Published: December 3, 2025 Last updated: December 11, 2025 A while back, in a slightly earlier era of AI 1 , a project was making the rounds which would read your GitHub profile, and create a personalized roast based on the contents. It was intended, I assume, as a harmless, lighthearted novelty. I wanted to join in on the fun, so I put my profile in and tried it out. I didn’t laugh at my roast. It wasn’t clever, or funny, or even particularly unexpected. A tech-savvy stranger on Fiverr probably could’ve done better. But more than that: I remember being surpri

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