Upon what are you basing your assumption that genAI is "inevitable"? Please limit your answers to the subject at hand; don't do the usual AI-booster tactic of gesturing at email and smartphones and claiming it's exactly like those.

You sound like you're throwing up your hands and trying to say, "Well, it's inevitable anyway, and not really that much worse than other stuff," and neither is true.

But there are non-monetary ways to support something, and we should try to avoid supporting "genAI" shit.

Thing is, the empirical evidence we've got says that LLMs actually DECREASE productivity.

Techbros have thrown a lot of money at them, so they really really want this stuff to pan out. But assuming that it's here to stay is doing the techbros' work for them.

"Free AI" is no better. It's burning water, polluting poor communities, and allowing techbros to point at use statistics and say, "See? People DO like the lying plagiarism machines!"

As an aside, Rachel is a legend. (From Fischer’s “African Founders”)

There's a reason I've been switching to products that don't use so-called AI.

The French are taking none of Musk’s bullshit.

I was thinking of giving them to a thrift store. I hadn't thought about schools. Thanks.

"Rudeness is a weak man's imitation of strength."

What would you suggest doing with books like Hanging Out With the Dream King? I have limited space and don't want to keep that stuff.

Yeah. I'm not getting rid of the stuff I read and loved, especially because it was so formative for me, but I'm not giving him another penny.