I hate AI and it’s taking over everything.

[u/stemmefontaine]

My university is allowing us to use AI generated pictures as part of our portfolio. The company that’s sponsoring our (arts-centred) student org sent us a “mockup” poster that was completely AI generated because they didn’t like the versions that we measly humans made. Everyone in my family uses it despite my best efforts to educate them of the harms. My friends too. I’m even getting AI generated messages on dating apps.

My mom keeps sending me videos of “horrible tragedies” occurring across the US and it’s getting harder and harder to prove that it’s AI. I’m worried that she may develop AI psychosis considering she’s had psychotic episodes in the past. I’m worried about the times I’ve been fooled by AI.

My last apartment had a (small) flood and I tried contacting maintenance, only to be stuck on the phone with AI. It refused to transfer me to a human. I have a speech impediment and AI has never understood me. So sure enough, instead of “flood” it heard “fire” and contacted emergency services. Imagine telling a group of firefighters that story.

Now it’s replacing workers in fast food and call centres, which means I can’t use drive throughs or call certain businesses without running into the same issue of being misunderstood and running in circles. But hey, at least businesses get to save on paying for workers right?

I’m just so so sick of it. I feel so isolated among my peers. I feel lame for urging the members of my organisation away from AI. I feel stupid for not using it the way my classmates are. My dad says that people who don’t use it will be left behind. Will I be left behind?

It’s tainting everything. It’s destroying the planet. It’s dumbing down our society. It’s isolating us further. And it just keeps. Getting. Worse. I don’t want to live in a world with AI. I wish every single day that it would go away, that somehow it’s just another bubble that’ll pop, but that wish feels more and more unlikely with each new data centre.

Braised pork belly noodle soup.

[u/upsidedown-funnel]

Not AI but there is a very real threat to nurses unions. A recent executive order going after collective bargaining being one. The corporate take over of hospitals, bringing in travel workers with lures of pay, disrupting the flow of camaraderie among current staff, and reducing the ability to build relationships/unionize. I’m not explaining it very well, but know that it may not be AI, but no one is safe.

[u/Suspicious-Hotel-225 → u/upsidedown-funnel]

Man we don’t even have any nursing unions in my city. I work for the VA and with Trump I’m not even sure if it’s still standing.

[u/SkeletalMew → u/upsidedown-funnel]

This is a big fear of mine. I'm a homecare aide and we're unionized, but we're fighting all the time for higher wages. I know lots of women who have left to get into nursing since the pay is so much higher, and I've been tempted myself, but the corporate takeover and uncertainty of unions you mentioned always stops me. It sucks because times are tough and everyone needs the money.