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usonian

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24. I avoid it by choice.

Reply to hunter (Reply #23)

Wed Jul 9, 2025, 07:15 PM

Jul 2025

Been living by myself for 10 years, and most of my friends live 50 miles away.

I really don't need to communicate with artificial humans.

That actually makes me feel WORSE.

I actually value quality over quantity, and that seems so old-fashioned.

And there are some deep philosophical reasons, as well, but that's for a much longer essay. Hint: it has to do with "authenticity".

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Tell me where I can go to get away from AI. [View all] milestogo Jul 2025 OP

Outside... 2naSalit Jul 2025 #1

Ai should be illegal! SheltieLover Jul 2025 #2

I go out to my garden. Lilithschyld Jul 2025 #3

We can try to ignore it... TommyT139 Jul 2025 #4

Very good advice! NCgayguy Jul 2025 #19

I have successfully ignored it until last week when I engaged with the most recent AI app referred to as Notes, which msfiddlestix Jul 2025 #5

AI comes in many forms. Igel Jul 2025 #15

Ted Gioia says: usonian Jul 2025 #6

He's wrong about Google. udm14 turns off AI, saves beaucoup energy. nt eppur_se_muova Jul 2025 #8

good read... FirstLight Jul 2025 #11

I just did an image search and almost all the results were AI generated. usonian Jul 2025 #12

I hear ya... FirstLight Jul 2025 #13

I only make minor adjustments to photos. usonian Jul 2025 #14

Huh??? hunter Jul 2025 #23

I avoid it by choice. usonian Jul 2025 #24

Back in time. Intractable Jul 2025 #7

Profit-driven "progress" is not the same as well, progress. eppur_se_muova Jul 2025 #9

Some days, I feel the exact same way about electricity. Torchlight Jul 2025 #10

Lol until major lightening storm Tree Lady Jul 2025 #17

My great grandparent's ranch was just about as far away as you can get from civilization... hunter Jul 2025 #28

Bet she was in shape. cachukis Jul 2025 #29

By the same token, was in Madagascar some years cachukis Jul 2025 #30

Anything offline Tree Lady Jul 2025 #16

You can't get away from it. None of us can. NCgayguy Jul 2025 #18

The AI doomers count on your technological ineptitiude TheProle Jul 2025 #20

That would be me then. Point proven. I'm the fool. NCgayguy Jul 2025 #21

No offense intended. I was careful to use your own description: "I'm so technological inept" TheProle Jul 2025 #22

Are there societal advantages to fingertip answers cachukis Jul 2025 #31

Maybe the Luddites were on to something about technology. Ping Tung Jul 2025 #25

The Luddites were not actually anti technology. cachukis Jul 2025 #32

Tool ZDU Jul 2025 #26

Rule of thumb for every new new thing WSHazel Jul 2025 #27