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Quit ChatGPT: right now! Your subscription is bankrolling authoritarianism | Rutger Bregman (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 day ago by Womble@piefed.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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As a historian, I’ve studied the major consumer boycotts of history. We can take down ChatGPT and send a powerful signal to Silicon Valley, says author and historian Rutger Bregman

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[–] br0da@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Cancelled 2 days ago. Feel terrible for not doing it sooner.

[–] YourItalianScallion@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

You'll be glad you quit when you did. ChatGPT is rotting people's brains.

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[–] NOT_RICK_SANCHEZ@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

I did my part this morning because fuck Sam Altman

[–] NostraDavid@programming.dev 4 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Spoiler: All Americans that pay taxes are bankrolling authoritarianism. People who buy items from America are bankrolling authoritarianism.

Are all you Americans going to stop paying taxes?

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

They haven't used their 2nd amendment yet, so I doubt it.

[–] AlecSadler@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

I did

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[–] rants_unnecessarily@piefed.social 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I recommend moving over to Mistral.
A European, non-fascist option.

[–] horseloaf@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I made a similar comment on this thread but I'm back-tracking now I've read about Marc Andreessen.

[–] rants_unnecessarily@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Back tracking or side stepping?
What are you moving to?

[–] horseloaf@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

I just don't know now...

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[–] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

I recently cancelled my Office 365 subscription because I'm no longer willing to financially support Microsuck's bullshit. It was hard too. There isn't another groupware solution that works as well as Exchange. It was important enough for me to make the move despite that. I'm not completely cured of my Windows dependency yet but I'm working on it.

[–] Scotty_Trees@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

LOL, oh cuz that went so well for Twitter? Fuck ai

[–] sommerset@thelemmy.club 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I would but I use codex for coding

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[–] TwilitSky@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

LOL like I pay for any of this stuff?

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[–] so_pitted_wabam@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

Already done. Both because they are a corrupt company run by legendary grifter SCAM ALTMAN. But also because GPT is inferior to Claude in almost every way. Even Gemini is leaps ahead of GPT at this point.

[–] kingofras@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

https://youtube.com/shorts/ZHhbbyiVmBc

[–] zr0@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 1 day ago

And so is every other cent invested into any US tech company. This also includes watching a single ad on YouTube. So stop with those boycotts, if I have no other choice but to use those services on a daily basis.

[–] IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com -1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

If you are not putting in effort to boycott anything and everything attached to American culture and lifestyle, you are an enemy of humanity. (Slight dramatization)

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