I think you’re assuming people are having a knee jerk, ignorant response, because you have come to a different conclusion than they have.

My dislike of consumer AI is very well informed. I’ve built my own local models and used generative AI extensively for work (no choice). I was actually pretty excited for the technology before the corps started using it as their latest accelerationist cudgel in the class war.

As it stands, I think it’s hard to justify using AI, even as a casual consumer. For many reasons that are already well documented.