I have a slightly but significantly different take on AI than "we shouldn't be submissive in anticipation because of the fear of being left out" or "it'll go away".

AI (or, the current general public interpretation of it) is a genie pulled out of the magic lamp by pouring billions and billions of dollars by the collective corporate machinery. Whether we like it or not, it's getting shoved into every aspect of modern life.

IMHO, it's delusional to think it'll go away on its own, or due to failing tech, or due to being ignored, etc. That ship sailed long ago. It might, but likely, won't. That's where we are now. We know the beast—unethical, wasteful, intrusive, biased, insufficiently accurate, etc.The beast is here, it's real.

At the same time, remember that the AI industry made any meaningful changes—dragging its feet and all—due to public pressure. Therefore, asking the public to withdraw its participation is counterproductive.

Whether we like it or not, we'll have AI in our lives. Our choice is: do we give up our agency by avoiding participation in the AI discourse or not—again, IMHO.

I choose 'not'. The attitude of surety in the lines of "will never be elected president" is not something we can afford, especially not in my part of the world—pretty much the same as climate change for us.

In the absence of regulation or policy, public participation is vital to get there. I will use AI—I will have to. So will you. It's no longer something we can opt out of. Let's at least do that on our own terms.

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@gaveen I agree with you both about the genie being out of the bottle and the whole don't-pay-attention-to-it-and-it'll-go-away mindset not being successful.

As you said, you do have to enage with it, know where it fails us, and then call it out. That's the only way to affect any meaningful change.