Not just focusing only on what they want us to hear is a good thing, but using more noise we knowingly consider low value may actually be worse IMO. Both in terms of the overall discourse but also in terms of how much people end up buying into the positive bias.
I.e. "yeah, I heard many counters to all of the AI positivity but it just seemed to be people screaming back with whatever they could rather than any impactful counterarguments" is a much worse situation because you've lost the wonder "is it really so positive" by not taking the time to bring up the most meaningful negatives when responding.
Fair point. I don't know how to actually respond to this one without an objective measure or at least proxy of a measure on the sentiment of the discourse and it's public perception.
Anecdotically I would say we're just in a reversal/pushback of the narrative and that's why it feels more negative/noisy right now. But I'd also add that (1) it hasn't been a prolongued situation, as it started getting more popular in late 2024 and 2025; and (2) probably won't be permanent.
I.e. "yeah, I heard many counters to all of the AI positivity but it just seemed to be people screaming back with whatever they could rather than any impactful counterarguments" is a much worse situation because you've lost the wonder "is it really so positive" by not taking the time to bring up the most meaningful negatives when responding.