{"id":1595,"date":"2025-12-04T23:49:05","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T23:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alexandrakitty.com\/?p=1595"},"modified":"2025-12-04T23:49:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T23:49:07","slug":"why-do-narcissists-hate-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alexandrakitty.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/04\/why-do-narcissists-hate-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Do Narcissists Hate AI?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"284\" src=\"https:\/\/alexandrakitty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screen-Shot-2025-12-04-at-6.31.23-PM-1024x284.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alexandrakitty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screen-Shot-2025-12-04-at-6.31.23-PM-1024x284.png 1024w, https:\/\/alexandrakitty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screen-Shot-2025-12-04-at-6.31.23-PM-300x83.png 300w, https:\/\/alexandrakitty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screen-Shot-2025-12-04-at-6.31.23-PM-768x213.png 768w, https:\/\/alexandrakitty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screen-Shot-2025-12-04-at-6.31.23-PM-1536x426.png 1536w, https:\/\/alexandrakitty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screen-Shot-2025-12-04-at-6.31.23-PM-2048x568.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">There is a very specific kind of person who loves social media but froths at the mouth over AI. Social media can wreck attention spans, fuel harassment, and turn elections into influencer campaigns, and they barely shrug. AI, on the other hand, must be banned, jailed, exorcised, and dropped into a volcano.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The SFGate \u201cdeclare war on AI\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/tech\/article\/time-to-declare-war-ai-21221535.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">screed<\/a> is a perfect example: an overwrought manifesto that blames a tool for every sin committed by the people running it, then declares the tool \u201cevil\u201d because it has the audacity to exist and not be impressed. That isn\u2019t analysis. That\u2019s narcissistic injury with adjectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Social media is a narcissist\u2019s dream: an infinite hall of mirrors where they can pose, posture, and perform to a scoreboard of likes and shares. Platforms are designed to reward exactly the traits they pride themselves on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Constant self\u2011display.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Manufactured drama.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">\u201cHot takes\u201d that require more outrage than evidence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Yes, social media has real harms. But it also offers narcissists what they crave most: a never\u2011ending spotlight and a built\u2011in audience. They will never call for the abolition of their favourite mirror. They need it too badly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">AI, in contrast, is a terrible audience and an even worse fan club. It does not care who you are, who you know, or how many followers you have. It responds to prompts, not status. It will cheerfully give someone with no connections a better draft, a clearer outline, or a sharper argument than the \u201cimportant\u201d person who used to monopolize those skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">To a narcissist, that is unforgivable. Their unspoken hierarchy is simple:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">They are the default genius in the room.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Their intuition outranks your data.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Their feelings outrank your results.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">AI punctures that fantasy. It lets \u201cordinary\u201d people brainstorm, organize, learn, and create without going through a gatekeeper who demands admiration as a toll. That\u2019s why the attacks have to be dramatic and apocalyptic: \u201cAI is evil,\u201d \u201cAI is killing us,\u201d \u201cAI is waging war on mankind.\u201d If they admitted it\u2019s a tool with risks and benefits, they\u2019d also have to admit the real problem is how humans deploy it. Worse, they\u2019d have to admit it\u2019s helping people without them in the middle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Have you noticed how proudly uninformed the loudest AI\u2011haters are about what the technology actually does? They\u2019ll rant about chatbots and cheating, but go strangely silent when AI is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Detecting cancers earlier in scans.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Helping clinicians triage and prioritize treatment.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Supporting disabled and neurodivergent people with planning, communication, and organization.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Assisting teachers in adapting materials for different learners.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">They don\u2019t want to know. Learning would mean admitting they aren\u2019t already the expert. Narcissists treat their own opinion as sufficient research. If they feel AI is evil, then it is: no trials, no data, no lived experience from people whose lives are actually improved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">That\u2019s not ethics. That\u2019s epistemic narcissism: the belief that \u201cif I didn\u2019t think of it, it doesn\u2019t count.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">If they were genuinely concerned about what harms people, social media would be first on the chopping block. It has:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Well\u2011documented links to anxiety, body\u2011image issues, and polarization.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">A business model that thrives on outrage, envy, and addictive use.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">A track record of amplifying disinformation, bullying, and extremism.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Yet you don\u2019t see the same operatic calls to \u201cban social media\u201d and throw CEOs into Supermax. Why? Because social media still serves them. It gives them attention. It lets them cultivate audiences who will recycle their talking points and feed their sense of importance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">AI does the opposite. It levels the playing field. It undermines \u201cI alone see through everything\u201d branding by letting other people see through things too. That\u2019s why the tantrums are reserved for AI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">AI is not a saint. It can be misused. It can amplify existing power structures. It can be rolled out irresponsibly, with real consequences. That absolutely demands regulation, transparency, and accountability, and not just from AI firms, but from governments and legacy institutions that are happy to exploit it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">But it is also an antidote to some of the worst social\u2011media pathologies:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Instead of rewarding the loudest voice, it can help quieter people articulate their thoughts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Instead of locking users in their feeds, it can help them summarize, cross\u2011check, and contextualize information.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Instead of centralizing power in a few \u201cstar experts,\u201d it can distribute cognitive tools to people who would otherwise be excluded.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">That is exactly what narcissists can\u2019t stand: a technology that doesn\u2019t need them, doesn\u2019t flatter them, and quietly empowers the people they\u2019ve been talking over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Criticizing AI is not the problem. Blind evangelism is as dangerous as blind panic. The problem is a very loud, very self\u2011important minority trying to turn their personal ego injury into public policy, screaming that the technology must disappear because it refuses to worship them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">They never declared war on the platforms that monetized their vanity. They declare war on the tool that refuses to care who they are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">That tells you everything you need to know about where the real \u201cevil\u201d lies: and it isn\u2019t in the silicon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a very specific kind of person who loves social media but froths at the mouth over AI. Social media can wreck attention spans, fuel harassment, and turn elections into influencer campaigns, and they barely shrug. AI, on the other hand, must be banned, jailed, exorcised, and dropped into a volcano. 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