I have also noticed that many people have not read much about the technical side of AI. The AI art topic specifically does have the potential to become pretty toxic.

But just like I wrote on the „should we ban anyone who is from antiwork subreddit“ thread I just don’t like the idea to ban opinion or forbid free speech, no matter how misinformed. I think it is important to allow the non-professional opinions, since those opinions are also influencing politics, and politics influence science (both financially and morally). That is why it is important to allow those people to ask. To say what they think. Only this way will their opinion become informed at some point.

And many people just don’t have the knowledge of scientific „dialect“ - reading scientific articles is hardly doable for them. That’s why they come here and want to discuss. They are interested. They are trying to talk with the others. They can learn. Why would anybody want to dismiss them?