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This is poor reporting, almost needs a checklist: [X] Tweets and instagram comments presented as "what society is thinking" [X] Ties Luigi Mangione and the Ca
by belval 5mo ago
This is poor reporting, almost needs a checklist:
[X] Tweets and instagram comments presented as "what society is thinking"
[X] Ties Luigi Mangione and the California warehouse fire to Gen Z discontent (about AI?).
[X] Statistics being used to support the title with little to no regards to continuity: "those respondents who said that AI makes them “nervous” grew from 50% to 52% during the same period" => percentage was 52% in 2023, 50% in 2024 and 52% in 2025, seems mostly flat to me, with the real jump being in 2022-2023 with 39%.
- JumpCrisscross 5mo agoThey cite a report and a Gallup poll. That’s not just tweets.
- belval 5mo agoI didn't say it was devoid of substance, the poll part is actually interesting (and worth discussing!) it's just that it actually appears *after* the sloppy tweets and "someone pretended to shoot at Sam Altman's house" screenshot as if that was somehow relevant.
- JumpCrisscross 5mo agoThat might be rage porn. Whatever. Highlighting despicable people on Twitter gets clicks.
- NooneAtAll3 5mo ago"whatever" is exactly the "bad reporting" complaint GP is making
- JumpCrisscross 5mo agoFair enough. It would be better if they interviewed actual people. Barring that, the tweets add colour to the data.
- ethan_smith 5mo agoGood catch on the 52→50→52 "growth." The actual Stanford report has more interesting data than TechCrunch pulled out - the gap between industry practitioners and academic researchers on safety concerns is arguably the more striking finding, but that doesn't make as good a headline as "public vs elites."