Why I don't use AI

I choose to avoid using "AI" (by which I mean Large Language Models). Here's why:

• They have a devastating environmental impact. ^{1 2}
• They are trained by exploiting and traumatising millions of low-paid workers. ^{3 4}
• They produce biased and dangerously incorrect results. ^{5 6 7}
• They unfairly use people's creative work. ^{8 9}

There are many other reasons, including that they don't do what the billionaires claim they do, they make you worse at your job and people will lose their jobs because of them. (You can find out more via The AI Con.)

Yes, they can do some things effectively (e.g. making very convincing fake videos). I choose to avoid them where I can, for the above reasons.

Update: you can read an expanded version of this article with lots more references here: Why I don't use AI (or the original journal article that was put behind a paywall: Why I don't use AI (Overload)).

(Almost all the links I provide were researched by Anthony Moser for their article I Am An AI Hater - thank you very much!)