To have a moral stance on AI is to be an outcast, and it sucks.

I know the technology, I understand what it's doing and I know the impact, so I am vehemently anti-AI.

I do not believe any positive outcome is possible with this form of AI that is worth the harms that it has already done and is continuing to do. Nor do I believe that “just one more model bro” will make something that is “intelligent”. Of course “AI” is a marketing term so it doesn't mean anything, neither does GenAI or the latest buzzword “Agentic”.

This makes me an outcast. In tech, and out of it.

A post was sent to me that really resonated. On the acceptance of GenAI

I am so tired of defending this stance that I am reaching the point of cutting entire communities out of my life because they will promote[1] AI usage.

People do not realise how much of a toll it takes on you if you actually care about the environment, exploited workers, theft from the people who can least afford it, the impact on people's cognitive skills, the centralisation of power, the spread of disinformation, the ruination of the web and/or the destruction of entire career paths (not billionaire of course, that's always a safe one), and not endorsing (either distinctly or tacitly by using) AI.