I found this older article but I thought it’s a relevant follow-up to the one I posted earlier today. Quitting AI?

There are many small ways to limit use… People can unsubscribe from AI platforms, exclude AI results from search (for example, by adding “-AI” to the end of a search query) or avoid using it for unnecessary or energy-intensive tasks such as text-to-video prompts, or AI-generated images for celebrations or work presentations.

“Meta, Google and Microsoft have all baked [generative AI] deep into their systems,” Joshi says. “I see this all as very much part of the tactic of trying to embed these systems into society and instil dependency in a fashion similar to the growth of single-use plastics in the 1970s.”

Opting out can be a “meaningful act of resistance”, Joshi says. “It’s partly about not creating that energy demand but mostly about being part of broad collective action against [a] corrosive, harmful industry.”

I don’t use chatbots, I don’t use the Cloud, I don’t have a smartphone, I’ve stopped using AI for searches. Sometime I get sucked in by AI images. Any other actions I can take? You in this community know a lot more about this tech than I do. Any advice would be welcome.