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People get mad at writer who “loves AI”

Mark Frauenfelder
Dec 03, 2025
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Noah Smith, an economist-turned-blogger who writes the Noahpinion newsletter, wrote an essay titled, “I love AI. Why doesn’t everyone?“

Fast forward a few decades, and I actually have that little robot friend I always dreamed of. It’s not exactly like any of the AI portrayals from sci-fi, but it’s recognizably similar…

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