Fuck AI

I've been emailing/calling the politicians who are supposed to represent me and letting my voice be heard about my opinion on everything. From local permitting for datacenters right up to my senator letting them know how I'd like to see them vote on various tech bills and legislation I'd like to see sponsored.

I've been discussing it with the people in my life trying to advise them of the downsides to AI and pushing them to solving their problems through other means.

I've been pushing against it at work and in the open source projects I'm a part of to reduce use in them all where and how I can.

I've been helping to campaign some (mostly by being very vocal in my communities) for politicians I know don't instantly lose all rational thought when they hear the words "AI".

And, I've been doing as much as I can to make my family and friends more independent of the price spikes being caused by datacenters. Not full prepper but things like replace my old gas powered dryer with an electric one I can feed from solar panels and such (yes, I dry outside when I can too but I'm in an area where they'll get rewashed outside more than dried). We've all started picking up more hands on skills like sewing and things to help each other out (I'm the furniture repair man and gardener)

And on a fun note. I've been reviving my hobbies with friends that don't rely on tech so when they finally do force everything into rented cloud computing I'll shrug and roll to attack that dragon with my level 1 Paladin (yes, bad decisions were made by the party)