Em Feb 21

I'm not using any LLM or "AI" for anything that I write or draw. Never had, and never will.

I'm making this choice because:

• This technology was built by unethically stealing the hard work of millions without any consent or compensation.

• This technology has and is still constantly scraping data, including personal data, from people without their knowledge or consent, in complete disregard of the privacy laws we have to protect us.

• This technology unnecessarily uses vast amounts of energy in a world where using more energy sadly usually means more pollution.

• This technology is working on devaluating labor in order to enrich even more the already rich, aggravating poverty everywhere.

• This technology is misleadingly being sold as a solution to problems it cannot solve.

• This technology is supercharging disinformation and manipulation online, centralizing an incredible power of influence in the hands of a few controlling billionaires.

• This technology is increasingly being used by authoritarian governments in order to surveil and control the people.

• This technology atrophies our creativity and capability to think, as well as harming our social relationships.

• This technology makes my writing voice feel flat and boring. I'd rather learn to live with my human tipos.

• This technology...

#NoAI

Show threadEveryday FreethoughtFeb 21

@Em0nM4stodon

In addition to all of that: It really doesn't work.

As a society we are spending more and more money for software that is less predictable and reliable.

A lot of people are okay with destroying the planet for something that doesn't work reliably and most people do not want.

Anyone with at least two working brain cells should have become anti-LLM and anti-chatbot the instant they understood the concept of hallucinations.

#NoAi

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@EFreethought @Em0nM4stodon here's a weird argument I haven't seen yet - even if it works, even if it's alll the techbros say it is, it's so heavily subsidised by ventures capitalism that we aren't paying the true price for what we get.

There's no way we can do a correct value proposition as a consumer until the pricing accurately reflects true cost.

Until the AI companies stop doing "give me money pls, it's cool bro" investment rounds, consumers *shouldn't ever* build production systems around them.

Feb 22 at 12:19amWeb
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@Taco_lad @Em0nM4stodon

I think things for OpenAI and Anthropic will end one of two ways: They collapse under all their debt, or they raise their prices through the roof.

Either way, anyone who has made themselves or their processes dependent upon them will be in a serious bind.