Current Artificial Narrow Intelligence (ANI) is a remarkable technology that is, to our despair, being primarily funded by technofacists promoting technofeudalism with no regard to intellectual property ownership (outside of their own), or any ethical boundary for that matter.

I do not use or support any technology using LLM or diffusion (generative) technology trained on stolen IP and / or funded by those enabling plutocratic / autocratic ideologies in my professional work. Nor in my personal life. Not when its avoidable or when I have the option to opt-out (such as with META, little good that will no doubt achieve).

It does need to be noted, sadly, that with corporations being as pervasive as they are with integrating these tools, beyond entertainment into our global Governments, I must acknowledge there are many unknown elements to how our data is being stolen and used in our day-to-day digital tools and there is a high chance we are engaging with these technologies even without our knowledge (and definitely not with our consent).

It also needs to be said that ANI technology has the potential to do great good in the world. But not in its current form.

Not by the current corporate regimes forcing it upon us as a false inevitability.

Not by these “techbros” that take every short cut and remove every safeguard to the detriment of us.

Not by those who care not for our individual rights or civil freedoms. That do not care they’re actively stomping on already volatile environments.

For full disclosure A Blog Post will Be Linked Here in Future About My Brief Experimentation with Generative Technology in 2022 regarding my use of Midjourney’s BETA in preparation of Adobe’s Firefly launch which was meant to be an ethical alternative to plagiarism-infected stock sites and competitive diffusion training systems… Oh how naïve I was! But we all live and learn. We must ensure we learn better.