Ubiquitous means it's everywhere; not that it's required

The people who benefit from AI the most need you to THINK that it's inevitable in order to make their money (Photos in this post are mostly unrelated. As always, I'm a highly visual creature and I have a ridiculous photo backlog so I pepper stuff in. enjoy) Here's several of the cats mistaking a sound I made in the kitchen as the treat container so they're gathering around the pole (which I still need to take down and pack as part of the move smdh) in anticipation because I usually chuck them out into the room around there It's wild how most people can easily understand that ubiquity doesn't always mean "good" but somehow can't parse that it also doesn't mean "required". Just because something is "everywhere" does not mean you're forced to use it, but AI Boosters are relying on this mentality to speed up mass adoption of their bullshit and make it seem like a "toothpaste is out of the tube" situation when that's really not the case. Obviously there's nuance here; if you work a job and…