People invest in AI because they think they will make money on it someday. And some of them will, and some have.

I’ve used AI and I’ve had good and bad results. I do feel like AI is a net negative to humanity. It could be a net positive, but it’s doing so much bad stuff it’s hard to see the good.

The question is… do you just like AI as a concept? Or maybe you use ChatGPT or something like it? Or are you one of the ones actually paying for it? I think that’s an important distinction. I use it sometimes, but I’ve never paid for AI. I can say I’m anti-AI because I don’t like what it’s done to computer and game console prices. Or that I support artists. I can say I’m not anti-AI because I have ChatGPT on my phone and have used it to make things occasionally. I don’t hate it, I hate what people do with it. I don’t pay for it, but I can see the utility sometimes.

A good example of how I feel about it is the phone OpenAI is planning on making. I feel like on top of charging you for the phone, and on top of your cell bill, they will charge you to use the phone itself because it’s AI. And I think that’s horseshit. Even if they don’t charge at first, they’ll hook you and ask you to pay later. But they won’t give you a refund if you don’t. You just paid for a paperweight. Because what’s so bad about using an iPhone (or Android) for ChatGPT? Why do they need a whole phone? Because they want locked-in customers.