Hitting the AI kill switch

About this episode

Kelly and Elaine discuss the implications of opting out of AI and the societal pressures surrounding it.

This week, Kelly and Elaine have a chat about how all the AI hype and hate is pushing people to switch off. It’s a frank conversation about opting out of AI, where for some people it’s a trade-off and for others a struggle to go fully AI-free, and why it’s not anti-progress to say no, but a healthy challenge to techno-determinism. *** Good things we recommend *** >> For a laugh: the AI vapes website   >> For reference: the booed AI graduation speech   >> For satirical purposes only: Sinceerly   >> For hitting the nail on the head: Tom Fishburne’s comic   >> For AI-free Google search: udm14.com >> For an AI-free browser: JustTheBrowser.com or Stevo’s GenAI Blocklist   >> For an intense look at data tracking in your browser: Since You Arrived Vol. IV – taken *** More from us *** Kelly’s Substack: kellysrubbish.substack.com   FTS blog: for-techs-sake.ghost.io   FTS TikTok: fortechssakepod   FTS Instagram: fortechssakepod   FTS Bluesky: fortechssakepod.bsky.social   FTS UpScrolled: fortechssakepod   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Kelly, Elaine

Topics covered

• AI
• technology
• opting out
• techno-determinism
• data tracking
• satire

Keywords

• AI
• opting out
• techno-determinism
• data tracking
• satire
• technology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: AI vapes website, udm14.com, JustTheBrowser.com, Stevo’s GenAI Blocklist, Sinceerly, Kelly’s Substack, FTS blog, FTS TikTok, FTS Instagram, FTS Bluesky

Books & works: Since You Arrived Vol. IV, Tom Fishburne’s comic, the booed AI graduation speech

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