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Michael
Quit ChatGPT: right now! Your subscription is bankrolling authoritarianism | Rutger Bregman https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/04/quit-chatgpt-subscription-boycott-silicon-valley
Quit ChatGPT: right now! Your subscription is bankrolling authoritarianism

As a historian, I’ve studied the major consumer boycotts of history. We can take down ChatGPT and send a powerful signal to Silicon Valley, says author and historian Rutger Bregman

The Guardian
Mar 4 at 7:39amWeb
Show threadDavid Chisnall (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*)Mar 4
@therightarticle And, remember, if this works it will also remind investors that these companies have no moat, which will likely kill Anthropic and cause some discomfort for other big AI spenders as well.
Show threadzipkid - Breaker of SystemsMar 6
@therightarticle Yes, the US military using 'AI' to kill people is bad. I am disappointed in this article in that it promotes 'AI' use, and that simple fact destroys more people's lives than the US military alone is likely to do.
Rutger disappoints me here, i would have expected a different standpoint.
#NoAI
Show threadMichaelMar 6
@zipkid Yes that point has been made by others. Disappointing as you say.
Show threadDźwiedziuMar 6

@therightarticle
Any “AI” subscription is bankrolling TESC(un)REAL pro-authoritarian egomaniacal wankers. Clammy Sammy was just there first and has the best talk (comparing to other slopmongers, so the bar is low).

@aral