Do you enjoy working in the shit factory?
Let's get this out of the way. AI isn't a technology, it's an ideology. You also cannot separate AI from fascism, eugenics, environmental destruction, imperialism, theft and growing wealth equality. These are my beliefs, and I'm not alone in saying no to "AI".
For reasons I cannot fathom so many people can step over these fundamental objections to use "AI". They use it because they believe it will enable them to be more productive, get to their goals faster. Or they apply it out of fear to be left behind. They buy into the relentless FOMO that's being created by AI grifters that are extremely prevalent in the online space.
To me, the fact that so many people I thought were intelligent are so readily accepting the lies they are being fed is making me feel like this:
Colin Cornaby
I honestly cannot believe how many people are enjoying working in the shit factory.
That is what "AI" is to me: it's about producing shit. Most people call it slop, I just happen to like the word shit more. Slop factory, shit factory, potatoe potato.
"AI" is being shoved down our throats in so many apps we have to use at work or in our daily life. Like we are geese that are being fattened up to be made into liver pate. Even worse, so many people also engage willingly with it.
Why are so many of us willingly agreeing to deskill our work? To make the quality of our work worse? To hand over creative processes to a machine? So we can then only check if the machine made errors (which it most certainly will have)?! This is stupid!
We've been here before, so many times! The Luddites were the first to fight against this phenomenon, and they failed. Their work was deskilled, automation and machines won. Money won. Capitalism won.
Our reverence for automation, money and technology has only grown since then, and so few of us question the costs of it.
In a way, the current "AI" awfulness can be seen as a culmination of a vibe that has been centuries in the making.
I hate it, and I want off this ride.
"AI" is anti-quality, it's anti craftsmanship, it's anti-human, it's anti learning.
The fact that some tech bros think they know what intelligence is, and that they put their ideology of intelligence into a machine and declare it superior to most people, should be enough to give you pause. (They are not your ally, hello!!!)
But here we are. Many people are willingly stepping foot into the shit factory, and I'm just over here scratching my head at the stupidity of it all.
I still value learning, craftsmanship, the struggle, making mistakes, putting in effort, working with people. Please tell me I'm not alone. Please tell me you also refuse to work in the shit factory.
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