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by ronsor 198 days ago
> On the creative side, I feel like punk act like this, fighting back against all these throat-shoving and gaslighting, is pretty artistic.

Joining a moral panic mob isn't punk; it's just irrationality. The "AI is evil" crowd is just as idiotic as the "AI will do everything perfectly" crowd. They're married to ideology and are more than willing to bury themselves alive for it.
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sincerely 198 days ago
Making a minor-to-moderate sacrifice of convenience/money so that your actions align with your ideology and beliefs is extremely common human behavior. Organic food. Clothes made in the US instead of a sweatshop. Following a religion's customs e.g. Sabbath.

There are plenty of good reasons to not want to use gen AI (and many stupid ones as well). If someone wants to market their product that way, who cares

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nineteen999 192 days ago
> actions align with your ideology and beliefs is extremely common human behavior

Well yeah, but in very many cases it has more to do with virtual signalling.

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MangoToupe 198 days ago
I don't think choosing to not buy something is a moral panic mob; it just means I didn't see the game as worth the money.
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