This page gathers the places where people actually talk about modern artificial intelligence, from Discord servers where I mostly lurk to Reddit communities I treat with caution. It is not an endorsement of every policy, post, or personality in these spaces, just a practical map of where conversations are happening right now. If you want to see how different groups think about AI in practice, you can give these places a look.
Discord Servers
Places you’ll find me at very least lurking on Discord, where my username, by the way, is @CathyMarkova
Around Reddit
Navigating Reddit always requires discernment, but especially if you’re trying to learn anything technical. Sadly, though, sometimes Reddit is actually a good place for learning that kind of thing (compared to other places).
Technical Subreddits
These subreddits focus on things like prompt engineering or making the programs themselves actually work, for lack of better phrasing.
Some contain a lot of spam and infighting about what works best, though. The large ones dedicated to specific models are about as corporate-scented as you would expect.
Political Subreddits
I call these political subreddits because they tend to orbit controversial ethics discussions when it comes to artificial intelligence. There are plenty others out there. I’ve left many larger ones out because they contain too much vitriol.
I don’t list the extremely critical ones though they’re easy to find. I currently use AI, obviously, so I’ve no plans to link to subreddits that send death threats over it.
On the same note, though, I’m not about to link to any extreme propaganda. A lot of these showcase some strange perspectives either way. I’m in all of them, but I only lurk (so far) and don’t find all of them compelling.