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 the true Luddite analysis:
- what does the tech do
- who is it doing this for
- who is it doing this to

the current AI / LLM infrastructure *should* be critiqued. the largest benefits are not for those with niche coding projects, and our fun little ostrich pictures have large consequences. 
 Yes, we have seen what search engines morphed into, ai just picks up from there. It may far surpass my intelligence, but I will use what I have rather than let my opinions be hand crafted by the "who" you mention. 
 it's not even the output of the AI models that is the main problem, it's the intensive computing, resource use, corporate control, and its increasing role in surveillance and systems of authoritarian control.

it is FOR THEM and it does it TO US.