The Principle of Least AI

Why AI Alternatives Matter

AI is prone to problems affecting its output: hallucinations, incompleteness, inconsistency, and bias. AI usage is costly, and the popular free services might require expensive paid plans or downgrade to sponsored light versions at any time.

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Principle of Least Power

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... no luddite, no AI-denier, but ...

Do I sound like a grumpy patriot yelling at the sky?

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You might say I'm just jealous of the Californian tech broligarchs. I mean, didn't Elon help popularize electric mobility? Isn't he the one who provides Starlink to Ukraine? Yes, he is. And H..... built the motorways. Just saying.

Long ago, Google dropped their former "don't be evil" motto.

Honestly, I often get the impression that "be evil" is what drives current tech stakeholders. And that's very bad. Are we human or are we lemmings actively creating a dystopian future?

You might say, I'm just too old to understand, that I'm just pessimistic because I'm too stupid to promt. You might say my perfectionism is just another nerdy hobby

Subjective List of Unpopular AI and Search Providers

1. ChatGPT by OpenAI (see #quitgpt why)


2. Gemini / Google AI mode (see #degoogle)


3. Copilot / Microsoft Bing AI


4. Perplexity (just another hallucinating American)


5. Meta AI (just so that they will get mentioned, too)


6. Grok (capable, but most unehtical)

In practice, I still use them. It's hard not to, when there is no major relevant search engine index yet besides Google and Microsoft's Bing, which are used by Ecosia and other alternative meta-search engines.

Constructive Criticism

After all, my series is called "constructive criticism" and maybe I shouldn't be so negative. Then again, someone must have their say and point out flaws and fallacies.

Further reading: see links in the text above.