Controversial Philosophical Takes, Ranked

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   @CosmicSkeptic

   January 7, 2026 at 3:45 pm

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   @WobbyWorm

   January 7, 2026 at 3:45 pm

   that AI thing is weird to me… the ONLY thing that makes art worth something is the artist behind it and the emotions put into it. how it looks is just about the preferences of people around you. people make art to inspire other PEOPLE to do the same, not for an AI to do the same.

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   @ToFree4U

   January 7, 2026 at 3:45 pm

   The actual chance of deformity from incest is actually fairly low, only becoming more common through successive generations.

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   @EmilySanders-c4r

   January 7, 2026 at 3:45 pm

   AI is not human, so I feel there is an argument where humans taking inspiration from some other human , is a bit easier to swallow than a corporate serving AI taking from humans and presenting it as revolutionary.

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   @CSim-the-problem

   January 7, 2026 at 3:45 pm

   Make me a child soldier. Well uhhhh no make me a soldier!

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   @HanXDKYS

   January 7, 2026 at 3:45 pm

   4:57 AI art doesn't really take effort, it also takes away all creativity and meaning from said art.

   Heavily disagree with Alex here

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   @beauhenry105

   January 7, 2026 at 3:45 pm

   AI lacks intent. It’s not a continuous experience with a consistent defined identity like people are. AI is a poorly grown algorithm designed to create as much internet traffic as possible. People have intention and interests. Goals and desires that they can be held accountable to and learn from. AI cannot, so therefore there is something meaningfully different happening when an artist uses art for inspiration vs AI adding it to its data. 5:53

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   @LAM1895

   January 7, 2026 at 3:45 pm

   On the topic of AI art, the problem lies in ability. Without AI, talented humans can somewhat mimic art but it would be incredibly difficult to make it look the same and even then there would be discrepancies. But AI can do so easily with barely any effort from the user and basically anyone can use it. That means anyone can rip off art with ease, ridiculing other people’s effort and stealing compensation they could’ve earned otherwise. So no, AI is not the same thing as a human learning art and applying it creatively, it is a powerful tool that copies and rearranges art for the user and it should be regulated.

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   @balisongkid1

   January 7, 2026 at 3:45 pm

   Philosophical geocentrism… Why not? Hmmm, oh idk, maybe because there could be life somewhere else, thus no, you're wrong.

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    @JasperJT

    January 7, 2026 at 3:45 pm

    Forced religion is no religion at all

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    @liam_stuff

    January 7, 2026 at 3:45 pm

    I found this video from r/skamteboard because of the "spongebob" in the thumbnail

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    @gabrielgoes0

    January 7, 2026 at 3:45 pm

    11:54 whoever wrote that, go fuck yourself

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    @gabrielgoes0

    January 7, 2026 at 3:45 pm

    That emotional response to AI so prevalent nowadays is borderline religious. These people want to fight a Butlerian Jihad for sure

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    @Zep927

    January 7, 2026 at 3:45 pm

    BONUS POINTS 7:40
    i was a scorekeeper for basketball in 7th grade so Im uniquely qualified to say so

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    @oreonokamithecookie7727

    January 7, 2026 at 3:45 pm

    "my heritage is having a promotion right now" That's called a marriage Alex.

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    @adambanerji1056

    January 7, 2026 at 3:45 pm

    My issue with the morality of AI art, which your segment of the video doesn't touch upon, is the taking of jobs from artists. This is obviously a universal issue, with all occupations under threat from AI, but it's particularly egregious in the art space as it's already very difficult for artists to earn a living wage. Not only that, but there's something about art that makes it different from other human activities. For example, I think most people would be comfortable with the idea of AI use in data analytics, coding, even medicine and construction, but not many like the idea of listening to music made by an AI. This is because the act of engaging in art – listening to music, dancing, admiring a beautiful painting, reading a well-written novel, etc – is an emotional one. When we listen to a song that moves us, it might be because the lyrics make us feel seen, or the melody tugs our heartstrings, and we know that the person who wrote it did so with emotion and passion and that resonates and connects us through the shared human experience. With AI, that same experience could feel hollow, and meaningless. You could argue, of course, that our consciousness is no different from that of an AI, and I believe you have. But I think most average people would agree that there is a fundamental difference between human experience and emotion, and simulated, coded outputs. There's a beauty in art, in the way it connects us, gives meaning, evolves with us, and expresses that which is inexpressible, that cannot, must not, be replaced by AI.

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    @todosanimales

    January 7, 2026 at 3:45 pm

    The hate on IA is just gatekeeping. IA made it possible for people who may not have a skill or may not that creative to create and people want to draw a line as if only the ones with the skill and talent should be able to show any kind of expression, let alone monetize it.

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    @The_Stinker

    January 7, 2026 at 3:45 pm

    Top 10 thumbnails of all time

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    @JaysonT1

    January 7, 2026 at 3:45 pm

    I have always thought the bullshit of how are more available was surely bullshit

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    @chelseythealiengirl

    January 7, 2026 at 3:45 pm

    That was certainly a thumbnail.

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    @Whosaryan-m8f

    January 7, 2026 at 3:45 pm

    2:05 never in my life did i think alex would say that XD

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    @Galeriarch

    January 7, 2026 at 3:45 pm

    God I wish I had a little sister.

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    @gothammetal5811

    January 7, 2026 at 3:45 pm

    I think the issue with the AI art thing is that AI i functionally operated entirely through for-profit companies, while humans, (even successful artists and writers) Arnt exactly using every idea directly for profit I suppose. The issue sis entirely based around the fact that AI isn't a conscious sentient individually, while humans often cannot prevent themselves from filtering information through their own perspective, even if trying to deliberately take an idea.

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    @Un_Ripped

    January 7, 2026 at 3:45 pm

    sour is probably the opposite of spicy

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    @Anmol_pp

    January 7, 2026 at 3:45 pm

    I'm pretty sure all the mythological stories are true and people could really do all that magical stuff, that's why incest was prohibited to not produce any more superhumans. Incest makes superhumans and I just can't prove it yet

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    @riggles

    January 7, 2026 at 3:45 pm

    A childs experience is regarded as a very important thing, because all their experiences are new to them. While an adult has more likely already experienced a lot of what life has to offer, even if neither wants to die. The metric here is simply who has had a more fulfilling life already, and the probability that the adult more likely has had a more fulfilling life, which is usually the case. Not always the case, there's people with terrible upbringings and monotone adult lives, but generally this is the case.

    So it's only fair that the older individual should be the one risking their life, just as it'd be more fair to have elders fighting our wars.

    But because physical and mental abilities aren't at their peak at 80 years, it's also as unrealistic to have elders in wars.

    That's it really. An adult could be more useful to society right now, but children will be useful to society later, so there's not much different there.

    And as you said, adults are more useful in war, so the whole thing makes sense through and through.

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    @JWStreeter

    January 7, 2026 at 3:45 pm

    I agree with the first take. A competent and hard working family man in his 30s / 40s is literally the backbone of society. If 1/2 working age men disappeared overnight, the world would erupt into flames. Every child on earth could vanish tomorrow and we'd be fine.

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    @AdrienneVoer-x4s

    January 7, 2026 at 3:45 pm

    The main objection people really have to AI art is the fear that human artists will lose work. I think plenty of folks do have a sort of metaphysical feeling that we become spiritually worse if we consume AI art rather than human art, and will use the simple fact that AI is not yet capable of producing anything even really worth looking at without significant guidance and discernment by a human (though not necessarily an artist as we understand it now). But one day AI art will be indistinguishable or better than human art. I don't think our current LLM models will get there but something will, and I don't fear that day. The day I fear is if AI art is good enough to be better than humans on its own AND corporations still have the incentive to fire all human artists about it. I think if that incentive is removed somehow, suddenly the controversy becomes niche very quickly, even if that's not what people think the current argument is "really" about. Because people in our culture are astonishingly skilled at bowing to our conditioning to never blame the profit motive for anything.

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    @Harry-dh2pm

    January 7, 2026 at 3:45 pm

    Mint is diametrically opposed to spicy, but it is not the most non-spice thing – that's ice-cream.

    There's probably a Y axis on the spicy/minty/ice-creamy matrix.

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    @MASTERPIECEFROMGOD

    January 7, 2026 at 3:45 pm

    CHILD SOLDIERS
    INCEST
    SPONGEBOB
    GEOCENTRISM

    this should be a good one 😂😂😂😂

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