It’s not the danger that pisses me off. That’s manageable with good regulation and enforcement. It’s their insistence that I have to embrace this technology or else forgo the technologies and services that I regularly use that I object to!
Google used to be awesome. Now search is a garbage fire that barely works. Texting on my phone used to predict typed words based on my frequently used words, now it offers words that I almost never use! I can’t even use Google Assistant any longer without signing up for Gemini.
Nvidia used to sell graphics card to consumers and those cards were affordable. Now even ten year old refurbished cards are getting more expensive and harder to find.
Most other tech companies suck in much the same way. Used to be great (or at least pretty good)… Went all-in on AI… Now it sucks giant donkey balls AND the product or service is more expensive than ever! Fuck me right?!
The capabilities of AI are indeed impressive, but not everyone needs it and most people like me don’t want it. And I, for one, am absolutely not willing to pay for any AI services period!
And let’s not forget the environmental disaster the data centers have turned out to be!
It’s not the danger that pisses me off. That’s manageable with good regulation and enforcement. It’s their insistence that I have to embrace this technology or else forgo the technologies and services that I regularly use that I object to!
Google used to be awesome. Now search is a garbage fire that barely works. Texting on my phone used to predict typed words based on my frequently used words, now it offers words that I almost never use! I can’t even use Google Assistant any longer without signing up for Gemini.
Nvidia used to sell graphics card to consumers and those cards were affordable. Now even ten year old refurbished cards are getting more expensive and harder to find.
Most other tech companies suck in much the same way. Used to be great (or at least pretty good)… Went all-in on AI… Now it sucks giant donkey balls AND the product or service is more expensive than ever! Fuck me right?!
The capabilities of AI are indeed impressive, but not everyone needs it and most people like me don’t want it. And I, for one, am absolutely not willing to pay for any AI services period!
And let’s not forget the environmental disaster the data centers have turned out to be!
I hope the entire AI industry dies in a fire!