18 days ago
- The author, a machine learning practitioner, is critical of the current hype around AI, especially chatbots, viewing them as next-word-generating machines without true understanding.
- Large tech companies are heavily investing in AI, focusing on scaling models with high energy costs, despite climate concerns, leading to social and environmental harms.
- AI users often ignore critiques about these harms, as powerful entities push for AI adoption, creating a dissonance between beliefs and actions.
- The author argues that avoiding AI is a practical ethical choice to support human and environmental rights, unlike other unavoidable exploitations in daily life.