Hating AI, Still Using It // AIDRAN

What made Anil Dash's observation land harder than the usual AI commentary is that it does not argue — it describes ^[17]. People hate the companies, hate the cultural representation, and use the tools. This is not cognitive dissonance; it is what structural inevitability looks like from the inside. The Washington Post's framing of this as — from Sam Altman's conference admission to Trump's observation that the labs need PR help — confirms that the labs understand the gap exists. What they cannot say…

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