Fuck AI

I think the sentiment is there, especially about other people's use of AI. So many video feeds are stuffed with stupid BS that is AI generated. So many articles that were annoyingly pointlessly verbose are now even worse and more prolific with LLM word generations.

Also, generally douchey tech bros that don't need AI to be reviled double down and play the victim complaining how hurtful it is that people have only made them many billions of dollars. The face of AI advocacy is generally just the most unlikeable, most entitled folks.

All while declaring stuff like 'this year all white collar jobs will be gone thanks to AI', which is how half the population currently makes their living, with rarely a word about how to make those affected have a better outcome, with the closest being that those white collar workers just need to go do some manual labor instead. Further if you work for a larger company, they have likely already declared some intent to draw down your specific workforce thanks to AI, because investors absolutely demand that right now, and if they say the words then they must follow it with action relatively soon unless the bubble pops.

Rural communities also getting big 'screw yous' as tech companies come in and with the help of local leaders just bulldoze a communities concerns and put electrical and water strain on a small community with no jobs and a blight of some big ugly buildings to show for it, likely with a hit to local air quality owing to gas generators.

So yes, I think there's a lot of very real negative sentiment and for very good reasons.

Yeah, they didn't really cite anything showing a deep hatred for AI like you see here on lemmy, alls they gave was:

As one Pew Research survey from 2025 found, about 60 percent of respondents said they’d like “more control” over how AI is used in their lives, while only 17 percent are “comfortable” with AI remaining in the hands of a few tech billionaires.

Which yeah, most people want more control over how they use anything, that doesn't mean they hate the thing. Same with anything "remaining in the hands of a few billionaires" you could say that about nearly any industry under capitalism, doesn't mean they hate that industry, it may mean they hate capitalism though...

I really doubt [...] as these articles getting spammed makes it seem.

I mean... have you tried asking around? You can ask family and friends, sure, but that's biased. You can also ask strangers in the street, shops, etc. It's awkward but it's more representative. Sure there is again a bias based on where you live but if you don't trust media (which is fair, even though they do cite a Pew Research survey) nothing is preventing you from conducting your own survey.

FWIW I did and I won't share my outcome (as it might bias your answer or process to possibly replicate, more importantly, it's not the point) and it lead to interesting discussions. I try to do that from time to time about other topics too.