Something I think about a lot is when I posted something on here critical of genAI, and soon after got a text from a very talented friend who I look up to saying that they had been thinking the same thing, but didn’t want to say anything publicly for fear of negatively affecting their career by criticising genAI.

@daisy

I think you are onto something here!

I saw a presentation a couple years ago by some Amazon AI pitchman, where he was talking and had a slide up, about shitty science fiction movies of 20 years ago!

Robots, self-driving cars, and AI talking. Just stupid fiction, but familiar to us.

He compared those to recent hyped products, with a tone of triumph and certainty. Everyone will get a robot!

I had a sudden sick feeling:

"This is a really stupid cult."

Where refusal is forbidden.