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For Tech’s Sake · May 14 · 44 min

Hitting the AI kill switch

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.

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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.

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