Common Criticisms of AI

Common Criticisms of Ai "AI slop." "It’s just a plagiarism machine." "It’s going to take all our jobs." "It’s making us stupid." Sound familiar? They said the same thing about the railroad. Plato warned writing would destroy memory. People called the printing press mind-rotting overload. Luddites smashed industrial Textile machines. Experts said trains would suffocate you. The NYT thought flight was a million years away. Newsweek ran “The Internet? Bah!” in 1995. Every new technology faces the same panic. I’m not saying AI is perfect, but history is clear: we don’t throw it away — we keep it and build the guardrails.