udonchy Mar 18
why I don't use generative AI: https://ionathan.ch/2026/03/18/LLMs.html
Why I don't use generative AI

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Show threadchris martens
@ionchy i like your section about intent. i have been thinking a lot lately about how and why it's such a minority position to care about *why* choices were made in code or proof or art, not just that the end result exists
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Show threadRobMar 19
@chrisamaphone maybe you intended the comparison all along but it was Shardul at PLATEAU that drove home for me that this can be viewed as a “convincing v. explaining” thing in the sense of your truth-future-proof talk. @ionchy
Show threadShardul ChiplunkarMar 23

@simrob @chrisamaphone @ionchy hello I have been summoned

I am so happy to see the beginnings of the public refusal dialogue, the development of shared vocabulary and metaphors

since it is apparently the season for writing and posting genAI takes, here is mine that I wrote over winter: https://etaoin-shrdlu.xyz/writing/going-vegetarian.php

Going vegetarian

Out of ethical and sustainability concerns, I am making the personal decision to go “genAI-vegetarian”, i.e. to avoid consuming the products of generative AI. This essay goes into more detail about my choices and reasoning.

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Show threadfelix (grayscale) 🐺Mar 20
@chrisamaphone @ionchy yea, llms break the chain of intentions. my sketch-summary is that LLMs are indistinguishable from malicious genies. https://felix.dognebula.com/art/malicious-genie.html
LLMs are indistinguishable from malicious genies

If your AI agent doesn't need human-like rights, then it doesn't have human-like intentions. It might be 'creative', but it isn't *conscientiously* creative. And that makes it indistinguishable from a malicious genie. 1300 words - 6.5 minutes