Rainy Day Thoughts on AI

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I’m seeing the same thing with AI: because it’s unethical, one side won’t acknowledge that it’s useful, but because it’s useful, the other side won’t acknowledge that it’s unethical. The responses have depressed me a bit, though to be fair, I’ve felt that way pretty much since I was laid off last October. Comments have gone like this: AI isn’t really intelligence.

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▪I’m seeing the same thing with AI: because it’s unethical, one side won’t acknowledge that it’s useful, but because it’s useful, the other side won’t acknowledge that it’s unethical.
▪The responses have depressed me a bit, though to be fair, I’ve felt that way pretty much since I was laid off last October.
▪Comments have gone like this: AI isn’t really intelligence.

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Rainy Day Thoughts on AI ⇐ previous Posted 2026-08-04 next ⇒ A week ago I posted this here, on Mastodon, and on LinkedIn: In his essay on Salvador Dali, Orwell argued that because Dali was a repulsive human being, the right wouldn’t admit that he was a great artist; conversely, because he was a great artist, the left wouldn’t admit he was a repulsive human being. I’m seeing the same thing with AI: because it’s unethical, one side won’t acknowledge that it’s useful, but because it’s useful, the other side won’t acknowledge that it’s unethical. The responses have depressed me a bit, though to be fair, I’ve felt that way pretty much since I was laid off last October. Comments have gone like this: AI isn’t really intelligence. Yes, thank you, we know. AI isn’t useful.

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