Are we putting ourselves at a competitive disadvantage to big tech et. al. by being anti ai purists? It doesn’t have to be either/or. You can use LLMs as a tool and never touch big tech. You can use them for utilitarian purposes, without getting all cultish about them. Honestly, I think Big Tech is stoking the “Pro AI” and “Anti AI” divide, because what they’re most scared of is the public viewing it as yet another dumb automation tool. Because that would obliterate their business.