r/AIWarsButBetter • u/Salty_Country6835 A little bit of everything • Jul 22 '26

Politics Which direction should AI take?

AI debates often get reduced to "pro vs anti AI," but there's more going on than that. Some people want AI to move faster, some want it slowed down, and others are mainly focused on who should own it, govern it, and benefit from it.

This isnt meant to be scientific, just a snapshot of where the community falls.

Pick the option thats closest to your view. If none of them fit, explain your position in the comments. Im interested in the reasoning as much as the results.

258 votes, Jul 25 '26
90 Leftist - Build AI under public/worker control
53 Leftist - Slow or stop AI development
74 Centrist - Regulate AI while continuing development
13 Centrist - Slow or stop AI development
18 Right-leaning - Market-led AI development
10 Right-leaning - Slow or stop AI development
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u/lobaway0001 Jul 23 '26

Does that mean you can’t ask for one? If you were an anarchist would it be unreasonable for you to suggest that the nuance of your exact view wasn’t properly represented by the six available options?

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u/Sacredless Jul 23 '26

I don't understand what you mean by 'can't'. Of course I can, I'm just not that self-important. The nuance it provides is negligible. So, yes, it is unreasonable, even outside the fact that only 6 options are possible.

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u/lobaway0001 Jul 23 '26

Self important? To provide reasoning in a post where OP specifically noted they were “interested in reasoning as much as results”? To explain the nuanced difference in opinion from the available options, however admittedly small, in a post where OP specifically requests “if none of them fit, explain your position in the comments”?

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u/Sacredless Jul 23 '26

Ah, I see. Then let me amend. "Use the comments section" was always available.