The Internet's Selective AI Outrage

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The Internet's Selective AI Outrage

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The double standard of AI acceptance is painfully real. Write code with AI? The dev community collectively snores. Generate a slightly wonky sunset image? Suddenly everyone's a digital art critic with opinions stronger than their coffee. The tech world's selective outrage meter is basically:

AI-generated code that powers critical infrastructure: Meh, whatever works
AI-generated art with one too many fingers: CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY!

Meanwhile, artists are in the corner watching their jobs evaporate while developers keep telling themselves "AI just helps me code faster" as it quietly writes their entire authentication system.

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