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All of the LLMs stole from me. Most of the big "A.i." billionaires are horrifying right wingers. Consumer-facing generative "A.i." "writing" and "art" tools deskill people, cheat kids out of real education, spread falsehoods and disinfo, and violate privacy. So no, I ain't using that shit.

I've always said there are legit uses for machine learning in science. That's great! Go for it! But I will likely never be interested in the consumer-facing generative and LLM bullshit that's linked with fraud, cheating, theft, right-wing ideology, deskilling, and even murder & suicide.

Also: the "A.i." billionaires are exploiters and liars and extractionists. Most of them support right wing fascists. They literally cannot be trusted about anything. So I'm not interested in participating in anything that furthers their interests or gives them more money.

I don't fucking shop at TARGET any longer. Why the hell would I give Sam Altman a single goddamn dime?

I don't subscribe to any Substacks because that company has platformed and promoted Nazis. I switched away from Shopify because they platform horrible people. I deleted X because that fucker is one of the worst people on the planet. Why the hell would I ever use an OpenAI product?

Yeah, yeah, there's no ethical consumption under capitalism. And yes, I still use some services provided by corporations run by monsters. But I'm doing my gat damnedest not to buy any NEW shit from obvious monsters.

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