Critique of Tech Industry's Deterministic Framing of Generative AI as Inevitable
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ericdanielski
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Summary
The article critiques the tech industry's deterministic framing of generative AI as an inevitable future that must be accepted. The author argues against the "this is the future, like it or not" mentality, asserting that nothing in technology is inevitable and that modern technology is often abusive. The piece responds to a Mastodon post about a project adopting a "use Generative AI but disclose it" policy based on the assumption that people will use it anyway.
Key quotes
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This post is to underline that Nothing is inevitable.
Modern technology is abusive.
A small contingent of power users using niche OSes (like myself) survive by avoiding as much of the tech...
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