There are indeed sides in this fight

I recommend checking out Bruno's post about how the current moment in tech is, in fact, a conflict, a fight between groups of people, with sides. Choosing to use AI is a political act, and it is not possible to separate the technology from the cultural, economic, political, public health, or climatological context this technology occupies. You cannot casually participate in the advancement of this technology and come out truly clean. It is fundamental to not understand the current moment as just the adoption shock of a new technology. The technology itself is harmful; but the tech corporations pushing it want to ensure it is an engine of dependency, surveillance, and monopoly. The people who promote this technology, the people who deploy this technology, are themselves taking a side. It is not a neutral act or a matter of personal convenience. It's signing up to fight, and to fight on the side of those who very nearly knocked of Brazilian democracy a week and a half ago; on the side…

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