Duckduckgo has a survey for pro/anti-AI and I cackled so hard at the (current) results

[fluttersh@pony.social]

@lexfeathers no yes for ai please

[brhfl@digipres.club]

@vaporeon_ @lexfeathers you vote no and they’re like ‘buuuut are you sure?’ so i rather doubt they’ll be taking it to heart lol

[patrick@mendeddrum.org]

@Tattooed_Mummy @lexfeathers Nice, thanks for the link!

https://voteyesornoai.com/vote/no

[davidjamesweir@mementomori.social]

@lexfeathers I can’t help but think somehow they’re hoping this serves some sort of advertising purpose.

[kathimmel@mstdn.social]

@brhfl @vaporeon_ @lexfeathers gonnae no dae that.

[lexpendragon@quarteredcircle.net]

@lexfeathers Bwahahahaha!

[giltay@tenforward.social]

@lexfeathers Do you think they made 500 YES AI and 500 NO AI pins for their 1000 first shares promotion?

[kronogarrett@meow.social]

@lexfeathers It’s even steeper now.

Of course:

“Maybe the users are ri-“
*someone who looks like Jensen Huang in groucho glasses slides them a bulging envelope*
(oddly cadenced generated voice) “-wrong. It is the users who are wrong, and are denying the agentic paradigm of the glorious AGI future. We must force it into their bodily orifices as they kick and scream. It is what it is.”
*the badly disguised man in the leather jacket smiles broadly and exits*

[maker_of_things@cupoftea.social]

@lexfeathers
I've been using noai.duckduckgo for a while now.
The vote is 3% yes, 97% no at the moment.

[lexfeathers@tenforward.social]

https://tenforward.social/@lexfeathers/115906328135870731

[mxfraud@tabletop.social]

@lexfeathers lol at the "but but but" at the bottom of the page.

[yora@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@lexfeathers There is way too much AI in duckduckgo now. Yes, it can (seemingly) all be disabled, but we shouldn't have to.
It should not even be an option in the first place.

#AI #AIslop #slop

[daniel@masto.doserver.top]

@lexfeathers

> We don't all feel the same about AI. That's why choice matters.

Poll says 96% against AI... Sure buddy

[jaredwhite@indieweb.social]

@torstentorsten @lexfeathers That's the difference between ML and "AI", which is now usurped to usually refer to Generative AI

[em0nm4stodon@infosec.exchange]

@lexfeathers @funnymonkey Can you guess my vote?

[not_a_label@toot.lgbt]

@lexfeathers I couldn’t possibly comment, but *apparently* you can vote more than once…

[linuxandyarn@hachyderm.io]

@lexfeathers Please take the hint, Duckie! Make noai the default again.

[crazyeddie@mastodon.social]

@lexfeathers Roku's Basilisk scanning for enemies?

[edelruth@mastodon.online]

@lexfeathers

Turns out I already have all the AI features turned off.

[lauerhahn@sfba.social]

@lexfeathers Bad framing on Duckduckgo's part.

The problem is the people, not the computer programs. I am "no" to tech oligarchs running everything and exploiting all of us.

Machine learning could have positive uses, but not while they are controlling it.