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This post was a disappointing read. I get that AI has a very negative connotation online, thanks to OpenAI, Nvidia and the like using it liberally for their marketing, but using that as an argument to make people out as anti-technology is really not the best play. Should've kept this in the drafts.

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People hate "AI" because it's largely associated with these LLMs that allow for low quality solutions to problems at best, and straight up illegal imagery at worst (Grok). Not to mention the fact that LLMs are invading every industry whether people like it or not, and the whole circular investment-

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-surrounding the companies behind them and that whole rabbit hole. It's disingenuous to equate that with all the other technologies that fall under the AI category for the sake of your argument. Context is very important. LLMs being useful for accessibility and security MAY be true, but still not-

-the rock solid argument you think it is. People in the comments of the quoted post already have made their arguments regarding accessibility, so I'll let them speak for themselves, but the security aspect can only work if people trust the dev(s) with their project, which isn't always guaranteed.

-trusting LLMs very difficult. While I will agree that, conceptually, LLMs can be useful tools for certain use cases, the way they are presented and made just ultimately doesn't allow for that to be the reality, unfortunately. I'm glad that you still stand behind your stance to not include them in-