/r/SlopcoreCirclejerk and the Men who are pro-AI

The generative-AI bubble is finally deflating. Massive infrastructure spend with dismal returns. Performative layoffs backfiring. The slow dawning that the emperor has very expensive GPUs and nothing much else. But the business side of things is just that—business. Bubbles inflate and burst. What interests me is the culture that has grown alongside the market—the believers. Over the years, a culture has developed on the individual (consumer) level in regards to genAI. /r/SlopcoreCirclejerk is one of many examples of this. A Subculture of Contempt The subreddit is a mocking imitation of anti-AI communities and their language and their grief. When scrolling subreddits like this, I witness a disdain towards those who are against the erosion of humanity. The contempt is evident in posts such as "Luddites prove they're fools once again..." and "AI took away luddie’s hobbies. How sad getting mogged by AI so hard that you need to quit 😭". There's a post titled "Ragebaiting luddites into…