Boycott AI

I have often wondered why so few, if any of our so-called leaders and/or opinion-makers do or say anything meaningful about the technologies that have recently emerged from the academic-industrial money-making machine that go under the alias of “artificial intelligence”. Like so much of what people devote their human intelligence to making and propagating, AI is a real problem-creator of astounding proportions and, as far as I can tell, of little real use in solving or even helping to solve any of the problems the people of the world already have. There are undoubtedly some potential benefits to be had from AI but, as with all technologies, there needs to be a lot of active governance, that is, policy-making, rule-making and decision-making, if the benefits are to outweigh the problems or even be developed at all. We have already lost many of the positive benefits of the internet because we have left its development and use to the “market” – ie, greedy con-men – and it seems that much the same is the case with AI. So until there are meaningful forms of governance and regulation, how about joining me in a boycott and simply refuse to have anything to do with AI? Not so easy perhaps but as with antisocial media it is possible. For some motivation to join with me just click:

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/03/just-an-unbelievable-amount-of-pollution-how-big-a-threat-is-ai-to-the-climate