GoKawiilI know the technology, I understand what it's doing and I know the impact, so I am vehemently anti-AI.
I do not believe any positive outcome is possible with this form of AI that is worth the harms that it has already done and is continuing to do. Nor do I believe that “just one more model bro” will make something that is “intelligent”. Of course “AI” is a marketing term so it doesn't mean anything, neither does GenAI or the latest buzzword “Agentic”.
This makes me an outcast. In tech, and out of it.
A post was sent to me that really resonated. On the acceptance of GenAI
I am so tired of defending this stance that I am reaching the point of cutting entire communities out of my life because they will promote[1] AI usage.
People do not realise how much of a toll it takes on you if you actually care about the environment, exploited workers, theft from the people who can least afford it, the impact on people's cognitive skills, the centralisation of power, the spread of disinformation, the ruination of the web and/or the destruction of entire career paths (not billionaire of course, that's always a safe one), and not endorsing (either distinctly or tacitly by using) AI.
If you're not in this group with me, you see the adverts for it everywhere, from emails to TV to posters that have clearly been created with it and probably just roll your eyes or have a sensible chuckle about the rediculousness of it. For me it's actually stomach-turning to see people I respected endorsing or using it openly.
A theatre group I was with decided to take a picture of the group and make a “band poster” of us. Great, that's fun. Oh, they used ChatGPT and now I feel sick and they didn't even ask me.
A friend asked “siri” how long a medication is effective for and when it responded “would you like me to use chatGPT to find the answer” he just said “yes” as if he'd said yes a thousand times already, and just accepted the response as right. I don't want to hang out with him any more because he'll have his phone with him and it's automatic for him now. Also I hope he doesn't die because he trusts some made-up stuff it tells him.
I walked out of a presentation the other day because they were somehow making a point of how bad AI is, by arguing with copilot live on stage. Great, so you acknowledge how bad it is by.... using it?!
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