The dogmatically anti-AI fraction of Lemmy tend to forget or not care that anyone who uses AI is still a person. Their behavior trends toward judgmental and cliquish, performing for the approval of others. This results in the same harm to the online social landscape that some express concern with be caused by the rise of AI.

It reminds me very much of teen behavior in secondary school, but presumably most of them are adults. Make of that what you will.

For the record, I'm largely and ever-increasingly anti-AI. I'm also increasingly anti-bullying and much of that lot are just bullies using AI protest as a veneer of righteousness. Kinda like some church folk.

Op telling heartwarming story about bringing joy to his father’s life

Lemmy - downvote because AI

I get the point of the AI hate, that being said, mostly anything is not black and white in the real world.

It's so trendy to hate on AI. Don't worry about the haters. Glad your dad got something to help him!

I scrolled around to find it. It’s an awful thing for someone to use as a catty quip but you really picked one of the worst things to post as a first experience given the culture here, not your fault. You actually made your case just fine, you could have said “it’s a voice controlled PDA that lets me use my phone less, I don’t ask it questions” and 99% of users would have been like neat.

Part of me wants to say don’t use the internet at all if you can’t ignore such an insignificant and offhandedly rude comment, if 100 people see your post you must assume at least one will be a combative cunt. Copypasta replies won’t endear you to most users either.

If you can handle unapologetic leftist politics you might come to find that Lemmy on average has slightly higher quality and less mean spirited comments, it’s funny that this was your first experience. Enjoy your time on the community space not designed to sell you crap you don’t need.