Saying No and refusing to use unethical tools and platforms can be a powerful way to protest.
Do not minimize the power you have in refusing to participate.
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@Em0nM4stodon I should tattooo this on my forehead to avoid wasting time every time someone asks me why I cannot text them on WhatsApp/Instagram/etc
@Em0nM4stodon The most important words in any resistance are, "Fuck you. Make me." Never comply in advance.
@Em0nM4stodon Microsoft is doing the Linux community a major favour. Their “Agentic” OS and the massive failure of Windows 11 with the community is making people quit in droves. Steam is there to capture the gamer base, we need to co-opt this movement to get people off Microsoft products.
I’ve been yapping about how Microsoft is probably one of the most complicit tech company on the BDS list, but that rarely resonates with people.
@bruvduroiu @Em0nM4stodon there is a huge opportunity to provide conversion services. I would love to provide complex conversion services to small and med size businesses. While giving simple high quality advice away for end users. I agree the opportunity is right in front of us all. How do we work together to do such a thing? Together we gain momentum. And have stability on a project.
I've refused to use an AI tool at the charity I volunteer at.
@Em0nM4stodon
X, formerly Twitter, is already ahead of the game. If you’re not the way it wants you to be, it silences you, so it doesn’t need your refusal. It’s already built in.
@Em0nM4stodon I hear a lot of talk about what the marginal environmental impact of a single genAI response is, whether you should include the amortised impact of model training and how big a difference that makes, but it seems to miss the point: every single query is a vote for "yes, please build more of this in the future" and you can't amortise that away
@Em0nM4stodon was volunteering for something recently and I get a “do you give permission to add your number to a WhatsApp group”, so there it’s an easy reply of “hell no”. If they need me on a messaging app (which is doubtful when they can just email me), they can find something better. At the very least it makes the person who made the (Google) form be aware there is better too.
@Em0nM4stodon What if all tools and platforms are unethical? From our slave/child labour built devices, our sweatshop built clothes, our animal tested products, Facebook, Google, Tesla, Paypal, anything that runs on Open AI? What then?
@JustinMac84 @Em0nM4stodon
You make concessions, which you will always have to do when inside a capitalist society. You build/join collectives, because only collective action can make this work. Make a step, help others make steps, continue the path at your rythm. What matters right now is pushing in the right direction
You make concessions, which you will always have to do when inside a capitalist society. You build/join collectives, because only collective action can make this work. Make a step, help others make steps, continue the path at your rythm. What matters right now is pushing in the right direction
@JustinMac84 It's hard to fight it all at once, but we have to start somewhere. Move away from the ones that you can, and hopefully, one day, there will be less unethical platforms and tools.
@Em0nM4stodon If I had a job, I would agree, but so far, most companies using AI won't hire me, others won't either because they don't accept remote, and some others won't accept me because they don't need more experts in their ranks because AI is doing code review for the junior vibe coders they actually hire...
@pierstoval I'm so sorry, this whole system truly sucks. I hope you can find a good fit for what you are looking for soon 💚
@Em0nM4stodon exactly that's why it's essential to refuse to use " #AI" because #WhatYouAllowIsWhatWillContinue!
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