@zkat@toot.cat
I think people like this need to take a step back. If you're erasing your friend groups and isolating yourself over LLM use, you really should take a step back. Step back and ask yourself, "Do I have a cushy job that isn't destroying my body? Do I have enough money to make sure I'm relatively comfortable? When I talk about 'respect for the environment', did I care about data centers when Google and Amazon started building them a decade ago?" And so on and so forth.
There are valid criticisms on AI, but I also think the black and white ultra-focused all-or-nothing view is of a position that ignores material conditions of the people you're talking about, and only because, some people are trying to, or genuinely believe, that AI can be used to uplift them from constant poverty. Something that I personally know quite a few people on the Fediverse don’t understand or can’t empathize with, because a lot of people on fedi are cushy office job workers.