[D] Communities thoughts on r/singularity and other non-technical machine learning subreddits?

I’ve seen many comments telling people to go to r/singularity, so I’ve been wondering about the communities thoughts on non-technical subreddits. Are they seen as a source of hype, getting newcomers more interested in the field and helping to advance knowledge? Or do you see such communities as an overly optimistic non-skeptical massive misinformation/active disinformation center?

Do you think there’s something that can be done to improve these communities? What do you think their role should be relative to the …

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