The Flavors of AI Guy You See on Bluesky

I spend a lot of time on Bluesky, for which reason my soul will surely meet oblivion in the jaws of Ammit; but while I'm there I see a lot of AI boosterism. Here's a taxonomy. Type A: The True Believer Typical phrases: "AGI is already here, it's just not evenly distributed", "singularity", "the stochastic parrots paper has been disproven" Favorite AI exec: Sam Altman This is the original hard core of AGI belief. Full on TESCREALism with explicit belief in "machine consciousness". These guys feel rare nowadays, less so perhaps because they're going away and more because they are numerically overwhelmed by the other flavors of AI guy. Type B: The Business Idiot Typical phrases: "Yeah I don't read the PRs anymore, I just merge 'em"; "if you're not using agents to code, you're just slowing everyone else down"; "NGMI"; any excited discussion about which models work best for which tasks, which harnesses they're using, etc. Favorite AI exec: Satya Nadella This is where most of Bluesky's core…