Em 
If you want to hire someone with a guarantee that they will not be using any AI in their work, let me know, I'm still available (and semi-looking).
More information on the types of work I'm looking for on my profile page pinned post 
Mjurn@Em0nM4stodon Keep your friends close, keep your enemies closer. With other words, learn it, even if you don't like it. You will end up like everyone who refused computers in the 90s.
Em :official_verified: (@[email protected])
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
@Em0nM4stodon Just and advice of course but I'm pretty sure we all have to eventually. If it's going to be anything like the computer and internet boom, those who don't adapt will be left behind. Take care, 🍻
ocdtrekkie@Mjurn @Em0nM4stodon For what it's worth, people not getting in on the ground floor of cryptocurrency can still buy stuff. Fads come and fads go.
Also, even if AI is like "computers" or "the Internet", it is getting easier to use/better at doing the right thing with less effort. So it will, if anything, be even easier to start using later than it is now. The idea one will get "left behind" is quite silly.
@ocdtrekkie @Em0nM4stodon People said the same thing 30 years ago. I'm not saying you're wrong, but within 5 to 10 years, the industry will change so much that automated hiring systems will filter you out if you don't know how to use this. You don't need to be an expert, but it will be a mandatory skill.
With so many open-source alternatives available to configure, it's really just another tool. Refusing to adapt is like a carpenter refusing to use a screwdriver because they only want to use a hammer.
Epic Null@Mjurn @ocdtrekkie @Em0nM4stodon If I may point out: there are a lot of biases in that premise. Plenty of people and companies are doing well today despite (or because of) delaying or refusing to adopt computers in the 90s. It's not something obvious because the consumer often does not interact with them directly.
A doctor's office that never had a data breach does not make the news.
A farm that sends paper invoices does not draw attention.
A store with a mechanical cash register is notable, but hardly memorable. You probably would not blink to find you need a physical check for some large purchases.
Also those automated hiring systems have been shown to discriminate on race, age, and gender https://sanfordheisler.com/blog/ai-bias-in-hiring-algorithmic-recruiting-and-your-rights/, so I would hardly consider the applicant as the one that needs to adapt.
@Epic_Null @ocdtrekkie @Em0nM4stodon I can also add that I'm not for the big tech AIs and the plagiarism going on there. Yet, there are projects with a different approach so I'm optimistic even if I look at the whole thing with a bit of a worried feeling.