

Consider the externalities. Fighting, drunk driving, alcohol-facilitated abuse of all types, and the impacts on everyone who has to mop up afterwards. Oliver Wendell Holmes Hr. said “The right to swing my fists ends where the other man’s nose begins”, and in that light the only time consuming something that takes away your capacity for rational thought is even remotely acceptable is at home, alone, locked inside.











I know this isn’t the point of the article, but honestly we shouldn’t be using the term “AI” either. By implying that ChatGPT et al are intelligent, even if that’s not our intention, we feed into the hype. I found this article proposing alternative, more accurate terms: https://buttondown.com/maiht3k/archive/how-to-talk-about-ai-without-adding-to-the/