Feeling sad about AI

This video doesn't contain any code: feel free to skip it if you like, but either way I'm going to try to keep it short, so see you on the other side :-). Also, this video isn't about the ethics of AI - you can read how I feel about that in my article Why I don't use AI. And it's not about whether AI "works". It's about how I'm feeling, and some reasons for why I'm feeling like that, and some hopefully hopeful conclusions. Feeling sad AI has been making me sad for quite a while now. Really sad, out of proportion with how much AI has materially affected my life. Sad enough actually, that the sadness is the main effect that AI has had on my life, making it harder for me to deal with everyday life and be a good spouse, parent, friend, colleague. Obviously, AI is a potential threat to my livelihood and career, especially if I continue to refuse to use it, but I don't think that explains quite how sad I've felt. Disrespect I think I've felt sad because of the disrespect. For most of my…