• zewm@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    I mean. There would be no salesman if the snake oil didn’t exist.

    Also snake oil refers to a fake product. Why would you “not hate” the fake product? At its foundation the sole purpose of the existence of snake oil is to be disingenuous and scam customers.

    Hate the game not the player.

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      8 hours ago

      I think you’re taking my comment a bit too literally. My big problem with AI is who is pushing it and how much they’re pushing it.

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      8 hours ago

      I disagree. If not snake oil it would be something else. There are certain personality traits salesman seem to all have. I would describe it as a comfort with being disingenuous. Say or do anything to get money. Its often portrayed as “hustle culture” and praised. We should be condemning those traits not praising them.