Ben Ui wrote a very good list of reasons why he refuses to use AI:

• Deskilling
• Built on Stolen Labour
• Negative Environmental Impacts
• Introduces Reliance on Subscription Service
• I Like Programming
• Fundamentally Hostile to Human Learning
• Worse Quality Code
• It's a Black Box
• Inaccuracy and Bad User Experience
• Fundamentally Designed to Make Stuff up
• The Statistical Average is the Least Interesting Result
• Inability to Solve Novel Problems
• Used to Obfuscate Responsibility
• LLMs Ruin the Web
• Non-deterministic
• Valuing Your Time over Others is Selfish
• Suspiciously Similar to NFTs, Crypto

What I would add to the list, is the horrible job of categorizing raw data for LLMs, so that its users don’t see the worst of humanity when using it. Plus, most of that work happens in developing countries, which basically makes it modern colonialism.

benui.ca/why-i-refuse-ai

The arguments around the use of "AI" are exhausting. I'm tired of re-typing my reasons, so this document is a summary of some of the many reasons why …