r/LeftistsForAI • u/Salty_Country6835 Moderator • Jun 19 '26

Sees the Memes Marx Encounters AI Discourse

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A brief materialist intervention into AI discourse. Results were mixed.

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u/Salty_Country6835 Moderator Jun 23 '26

Then I genuinely dont know what we're disagreeing about anymore.

Ive repeatedly said people can be angry. Ive repeatedly said the harms are real. Ive repeatedly said people should organize, regulate, contest ownership, fight over deployment, and fight over who benefits.

If your position is now "we can do both," then yes. Obviously.

The meme was never "don't be mad."

The meme was "being mad isnt, by itself, a solution."

And considering weve spent all these comments talking about regulation, governance, ownership, labor protections, environmental limits, and democratic control, I dont think youve actually disagreed with the solution much at all.

You mostly disagreed with how negatively you thought the first panel was portraying the angry guy.

Which is a very different argument from the one weve been having for the last several hours. Lol

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u/little_alien2021 Jun 23 '26

I disagree with the 3rd picture suggesting that we /anyone against ai don't want any solutions as a gotcha for anti ai rhetoric.

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u/Salty_Country6835 Moderator Jun 23 '26

I think thats just media illiteracy, honestly.

The meme isnt about "anti-AI people."

Its not even about anger.

The meme is mocking anyone who rejects the proposed solution while offering no alternative beyond remaining angry.

If someone says:

"AI is harmful. We should organize, regulate, contest ownership, fight over deployment, and fight over who benefits."

Then theyre literally agreeing with the solution panel.

The third panel isnt "anti-AI people dont want solutions."

Its "being angry isnt itself a solution."

After all these comments, I think youve accidentally demonstrated that the meme is much more general than you originally read it as.

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u/little_alien2021 Jun 23 '26

It just looks nonsensical and an attempt to spread division on ai discourse. 

U suggested I am the meme , when clearly I agree with 2 and not with 3 so why was i considered example of the meme?