"As the tech industry and corporate America go all in on artificial intelligence, some people are holding back."
Some tech workers told The Washington Post they try to use AI chatbots as little as possible during the workday, citing concerns about data privacy, accuracy and keeping their skills sharp. Other people are staging smaller acts of resistance, by opting out of automated transcription tools at medical appointments, turning off Google's chatbot-style search results or disabling AI features on their iPhones. For some creatives and small businesses, shunning AI has become a business strategy. Graphic designers are placing "not by AI" badges on their works to show they're human-made, while some small businesses have pledged not to use AI chatbots or image generators...
Those trying to avoid AI share a suspicion of the technology with a wide swath of Americans. According to a June survey by the Pew Research Center, 50% of U.S. adults are more concerned than excited about the increased use of AI in everyday life, up from 37% in 2021.
The Post includes several examples, including a 36-year-old software engineer in Chicago who uses DuckDuckGo partly because he can turn off its AI features more easily than Google — and disables AI on every app he uses. He was one of several tech workers who spoke anonymously partly out of fear that criticisms could hurt them at work. "It's become more stigmatized to say you don't use AI whatsoever in the workplace. You're outing yourself as potentially a Luddite."
But he says GitHub Copilot reviews all changes made to his employer's code — and recently produced one review that was completely wrong, requiring him to correct and document all its errors. "That actually created work for me and my co-workers. I'm no longer convinced it's saving us any time or making our code any better." And he also has to correct errors made by junior engineers who've been encouraged to use AI coding tools.
"Workers in several industries told The Post they were concerned that junior employees who leaned heavily on AI wouldn't master the skills required to do their jobs and become a more senior employee capable of training others."
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WASHINGTON (ANP/DPA) - De Amerikaanse president Donald Trump heeft 10 procent extra importheffingen voor Canada aangekondigd om wat hij "ernstige verkeerde voorstelling van de feiten" door Canada noemt.
Heet hangijzer is een recent uitgezonden reclamespot van de Canadese provincie Ontario tegen importheffingen. In de video is de stem van de voormalige Amerikaanse president Ronald Reagan te horen, die in een speech uit 1987 de nadelen van handelstarieven bespreekt. Reagan hield de toespraak om uit te leggen waarom hij had besloten heffingen op bepaalde Japanse producten op te leggen.
"Hun reclamespot had onmiddellijk verwijderd moeten worden, maar ze hebben hem gisteravond weer laten uitzenden, terwijl ze wisten dat het fraude was", schreef Trump zaterdag op Truth Social. Hij voegde eraan toe: "Vanwege hun ernstige verkeerde voorstelling van de feiten, en hun vijandige daad, verhoog ik de importheffing voor Canada met 10 procent bovenop wat ze nu al betalen."