Why I choose to be a generative AI vegetarian: rejecting forced AI integration
By
Sean Boots
If you only eat one bagel today, this is the bagel.
Summary
The author adopts a "generative AI vegetarian" stance, rejecting the pervasive integration of AI tools into everyday apps and workflows. Drawing parallels to vegetarianism, they outline multiple reasons for this choice—ethical concerns about data usage and environmental impact, philosophical objections to outsourcing human creativity, and practical frustrations with AI features being forced into products. The article critiques the tech industry's assumption that AI is an inevitable and universally desirable future, advocating instead for intentional, friction-filled human effort in writing and communication.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledI don't want any of them. I want to write my own emails.
Just like real-life vegetarianism, there are a bunch of good reasons.
The tech industry is convinced this is the future; every app on my phone and most of the apps on my computer want me to use their new AI features.
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