"But we cease to feel struggle when we use AI."
Sounds like this person has little experience using AI.
I get the TLDR; (ie. the tool has negative externalities). But the counter is, the cat's out of the bag. No amount of public pressure is likely to affect that trajectory very much, especially when it comes to how nation-states and the military have already been using it against the general public since long before LLMs became widely available to the public. Nor will it affect the vast majority of sheeple and bandwagoneers, who frankly don't give a fuck, and can't get much more retarded than they already are.
Boycotting it entirely might make one feel morally superior, but I don't think it will meaningfully affect how bad actors leverage the technology, mainly because you have almost no control over how your taxes are spent. The best we can do is be careful about who we pay for the service. You get what you pay for (taxes notwithstanding) and there's no need to throw gasoline on the forest fire for the sake of personal convenience. In other words, choose ethical providers and local models whenever possible. But for the same token we can also use AI to enable us to fight back against the bad actors. In effect like Tai Chi, to redirect their own destructive energy against them. Think USA's 2A, swords and military munitions are meant for killing people, but is it really better for us when only the enemy has them at their disposal? Clearly not.
https://www.frank.computer/blog/2025/05/just-a-tool.html
Sounds like this person has little experience using AI.
I get the TLDR; (ie. the tool has negative externalities). But the counter is, the cat's out of the bag. No amount of public pressure is likely to affect that trajectory very much, especially when it comes to how nation-states and the military have already been using it against the general public since long before LLMs became widely available to the public. Nor will it affect the vast majority of sheeple and bandwagoneers, who frankly don't give a fuck, and can't get much more retarded than they already are.
Boycotting it entirely might make one feel morally superior, but I don't think it will meaningfully affect how bad actors leverage the technology, mainly because you have almost no control over how your taxes are spent. The best we can do is be careful about who we pay for the service. You get what you pay for (taxes notwithstanding) and there's no need to throw gasoline on the forest fire for the sake of personal convenience. In other words, choose ethical providers and local models whenever possible. But for the same token we can also use AI to enable us to fight back against the bad actors. In effect like Tai Chi, to redirect their own destructive energy against them. Think USA's 2A, swords and military munitions are meant for killing people, but is it really better for us when only the enemy has them at their disposal? Clearly not.
https://www.frank.computer/blog/2025/05/just-a-tool.html
