chaos grumbling
The "but we can't ban [exploitative] AI! what if it turns out to be useful for something and we missed out on it??" contortions from some of the chaos crowd are disappointing but not remotely surprising. Apparently 'shiny toy' continues to be prioritized higher than 'ethics'.
hacker culture grumbling
This is... not exactly specific to chaos, rather applies to hacker culture in general, but...
What I was 'promised' from hacker culture, by means of social archetype, was "playing around with tech to make a more ethical world".
What I actually got was "playing around with tech, and maybe do some ethics if it doesn't get in the way of playing around with tech."
It has never stopped deeply disappointing me, and it's the main reason I don't really care for 'hacker culture' as a phenomenon anymore. It's such a shallow way to engage with the world, with delusions of grandeur about how 'deep' and meaningful it is.
