being anti-AI is making me feel like I’m going insane. “You asked for thoughts about your character’s backstory and I put it into ChatGPT for ideas.” Studies have proven it’s making people dumber. “I asked AI to generate this meal plan.” It’s causing water shortages where its data centers are built. “I’ll generate some pictures for the DnD campaign.” It’s spreading misinformation. “Meta, generate an image of this guy doing something stupid.” It’s trained off stolen images, writing, video, audio. “I was talking with my Snapchat AI.” There’s no way to verify what it’s doing with the information it collects. “YouTube is implementing AI-based age verification.” My work has an entire graphics media department and has still put AI-generated motivational posters up everywhere. AI playlists. AI facial verification. Google AI. Microsoft AI. Meta AI. Snapchat AI.

Everyone treats it as a novelty. Everyone treats it as a mandatory part of life. Am I the only one who sees it? Am I paranoid? Am I going insane? Jesus fucking Christ.

If I have to hear one more “Well at least—”, “But it does—”, “But you can—” I’m about to lose it.

I shouldn’t have to jump through hoops to avoid the evil machine. Have you no principles? No goddamn spine? Am I the weird one here?

Still shoddy.