Does anyone remember when computers were supposed to work for us? It seems that we are working for them.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. [0]

I do not consent to the machine as God machina ut deus

Never forget that these machines are an amalgam of inputs, the exact opposite of what makes me an individual. I get to choose and create meaning based on my unique knowledge, experiences, thought processes and emotions --- Not everyone else's.

[0] Attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt with high certainty.

This is what happens when guardrails go too far.

If I want to be called Bill or Frank or Jill or Dr. Fukuyama or President Trump or the Grand Poobah of All That He Surveys by my private, personal-use GenAI account, who cares???