Schadenfreude and AI

schadenfreude: pleasure derived by someone from another person’s misfortune.

The recent developments in Artificial Intelligence sure make it sound like the next technological revolution is around the corner.

Many see AIs writing articles, creating beautiful(?) complex images, and even replacing Star Wars characters and can’t help but see the inevitable replacement of the human by machine counterparts- this might be the case (I’ll hold my breath though.)

But, what I find most curious about this phenomenon is the delight some people seem to get…